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		2muchcoffeeman on April 1, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Costa Rica Is Now Running on 100% Renewable Electr... What kind of land do we need to make wind turbines generate more power then a nuclear plant?

toomuchtodo on April 1, 2015 [–]

Are we counting off-shore turbines that consume no usable land? And are we taking into account that we still don't dispose of nuclear waste in an acceptable way and won't ever agree to recycle it?

2muchcoffeeman on April 7, 2015 | [–]

Good point, but does sea based cost the same and is available to everyone? What's the average case?

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