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Entropy? Never heard of it. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

But then the power generated by those reactors is better used to power things that burn fossil fuel in a less efficient way or to simply replace the fossil fuel powered electricity generators...

Quebec transports its electricity over more than a thousand kilometers, surely distance from nuclear reactors isn't an issue if you build the infrastructure around it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Only when the last carbon based power plant is close, we can see if there's energy left to waste on that capture carbon machine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

I'm sure the AI datacenters would have a few GW to spare if we put the LLMs on pause.