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LesboPregnancyScare 40 points ago +40 / -0

600 cubic meters is 785 cubic yards. A typical concrete truck carries 10 cubic yards with the usable concrete being a little less than that. This pour would take a minimum of 80 trucks. Think of all that diesel pollution. The horror....the horror...

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sgt_richard 5 points ago +5 / -0

Shit, all the energy it takes just to create the concrete, rebar, and other misc., items to create that foundation.

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LesboPregnancyScare 5 points ago +5 / -0

all that for a 2-3 MW capacity. That is what it is capable of, not what it produces, which is measured in MWh. That varies wildly with the conditions of course. They do not produce 2-3 MWh 24/7 all year, unlike the rated capacities of non-peaker CC and nuke plants.

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XcaliburCaliber 7 points ago +7 / -0

Bud, you have not even touched on Rare Earth Minerals yet that are required for the turbine to function at its stated efficiency...dwarfs the concrete cost in devastation.