Amazon, Google and Microsoft Are Investing in Nuclear Power
www.nytimes.com
Large technology companies are investing billions of dollars in nuclear energy as an emissions-free source of electricity for artificial intelligence and other businesses.

My impression is that this is a PR push, designed to avoid having to invest in renewables, and let them keep on burning gas and coal, rather than something likely to come to fruition.

  • @SelfProgrammed
    8•3 months ago

    Nuclear is a good option but calling it emission-free is glossing over a pretty big problem we haven’t solved yet.

    • @WhatAmLemmyEnglish
      10•3 months ago

      Even if they don’t burn fossils, the steel and concrete alone emits thousands/millions of tons of GHG’s; every project.

      I guarantee the mining and refinement of fissile material is also extremely energy and water intensive, and I wouldn’t be surprised if most of those embodied GHG’s are ignored or criminally underreported.