“Ammortized over 20 years it isn’t bad ,, especially as the plant will need fuel only to keep the water boiling at night,, this is a huge black (ceramic?) boiler in the center of a field of mirrors ,, nothing to be replaced at a regular basis,, just Juan with a dustrag to keep the reflected heat from falling off.”
I didnt read far enough and thought they were using solar cells. Still I doubt the $1 billion includes operating costs and maintenance. We have a good source of energy, oil and fission. Its proven and our infrastructure already supports it.
We have a good source of energy, oil and fission. Its proven and our infrastructure already supports it.
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Agreed ,, coal (with scrubbers) is clean , cheap and abundant.. and nuclear is just flat wonderful... I see no need to do a project like this when a modern nuclear plant can generate many times the power for decades without interruption at a lower per kw cost. I’d like to reserve oil for things other than power generation... and drill like crazy to get more of it.