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bySarusa ( 104047 ) writes:
Given the same technology, generating power on a large scale is always more efficient than generating power on a smaller scale because your losses occur at the 'edges' and with a greater volume you've got more 'meat' and less edge.
1 big dam is more efficient than 10 smaller 1/10th size dams. 1 big coal plant is more efficient than 10 smaller 1/10th size coal plants. 1 large nuke plant will be more efficient than 1000 1/1000th size nuke plants.
On the other hand, it's nearly impossible to get a large nuke plant built these days in most countries (though Britain is trying) and small nuke plants are much better than building any new coal plants.
And some of the small nuke plant makers are claiming they can do better on waste efficiency. It's possible - though these are not people you can trust with their claims, so we'll just have to see.
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bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
some of the small nuke plant makers are claiming they can do better on waste efficiency
They are claiming they can do better on waste fuel, not on all waste.
byangel'o'sphere ( 80593 ) writes:
1 big dam is more efficient than 10 smaller 1/10th size dams.
That is completely wrong.
Perhaps you mean money efficiency? As in it might eb cheaper to build a big one than 10 small ones?
1 big coal plant is more efficient than 10 smaller 1/10th size coal plants.
That is physically, wrong too. There is no reason a small plant can be as efficient as a big one, unless you make it _super_ small.
1 large nuke plant will be more efficient than 1000 1/1000th size nuke plants.
That is also physically not true, but you m
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