The Climate, Environment and Energy Thread

[kruddler]

Using these flaky numbers to calculate costs of power generation is a bit flawed. For instance every renewable doesn't calculate based on retiring and the carbon footprint to manufacture.  Apparently you can make renewable energy with no pollutants. 

Meanwhile over at nuclear energy land how many carbon offsets need to be calculated to gather the cost of said energy?

Oh look, one is more expensive than the other.

Its a junk comparison IMHO and fails to tell the story.

Its with that kind of calculation that makes nuclear more viable in Australia.

Whatever it is you use, coal or uranium, you have to get it out of the ground.

You need less uranium by comparison to coal to get 'x' amount of gigawatts.....so less mining costs and/or damage to the environment as a result.
All that happens before you even get to burning/heating anything.