FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agoPeople Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centerswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-down1external-linkPeople Would Rather Have Nuclear Power Plants In Their Area Than AI Data Centerswww.forbes.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to News@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoOne makes power more expensive, decreases wages, and steals your drinking water, the other gives you cheap power, good jobs, and filtered water (though excess capacity rarely goes into the municipal supply).
minus-squareAlcoholicorn@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 months agoUpdated. Nuclear plants have a complex relation with water usage tho, potentially positive, usually negative.
One makes power more expensive, decreases wages, and steals your drinking water, the other gives you cheap power, good jobs, and filtered water (though excess capacity rarely goes into the municipal supply).
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Updated. Nuclear plants have a complex relation with water usage tho, potentially positive, usually negative.