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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago

The US is putting enough solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites

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The US is putting enough solar to power 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) is going to repurpose sites previously used in the nuclear weapons program into solar farms.
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  • grue@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why are they putting 70,000 homes on old nuclear weapons sites?! \s

    • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      Ah, the old Lemmy switcharoo.

      • grue@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Hold my Geiger counter, I’m going in!

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      10 months ago

      The 70000 homes, are already there on the Nuclear Weapons sites.
      Gov just realised, the homes needed more power than what the nuclear weapons gave them.

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    Finally. Jesus fucking christ, took them long enough to do something useful with these sites.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      I was gonna say, these places are 1/40th of a pixel on the map, but those are some sizeable acreages! Pleasant surprise.

      And think of the cost savings on maintaining all that land.

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