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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoThe FAB is going to need 10GW of power when done. The US biggest solar array is 900MW and uses between 4600 and 5000 acres. To do that with solar, you’d need to over provision by 3-4x plus batteries to run for bad weather for days. The scale of this is bonkers. This is what nuclear is good for.
The FAB is going to need 10GW of power when done.
The US biggest solar array is 900MW and uses between 4600 and 5000 acres.
To do that with solar, you’d need to over provision by 3-4x plus batteries to run for bad weather for days. The scale of this is bonkers.
This is what nuclear is good for.