boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoWhy data centers want to have their own nuclear reactorsenglish.elpais.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down111
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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoNuclear power is complicated because it still involves mining. Which will inevitably damage the environment even if all the mining equipment are electric vehicles run on solar power.
minus-squareI_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoSo does literally every energy source. Solar panels and wind turbines don’t grow on trees.
Nuclear power is complicated because it still involves mining. Which will inevitably damage the environment even if all the mining equipment are electric vehicles run on solar power.
So does literally every energy source. Solar panels and wind turbines don’t grow on trees.