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Comment by ya_throw

I don't think you understand how the maths works.

The EROEI of nuclear is 106, by the link I previously provided. The very best solar installations have an EROEI of 7. That means nuclear gives 106/7 = 15x more energy output than solar, for a given amount of manufacturing energy input.

It's a simple ratio calculation, I'm not sure why you decided to subtract the reciprocals of the two numbers.

> Once EROI is high enough

The EROI of solar is 7, which means you get 7 units of energy output for every unit of energy expended in manufacturing. That is a terrible return. In no way is that "high enough". In fact, we shouldn't be bothering with it at all.

parent ya_throw 4 years ago

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