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Well, a single nuclear reactor minus the waste that needs to be stored for thousands of years.



Hmm ... it was more of a scale comparison, not endorcement of nuclear fission.

But anyway breeders are a partial solution to that problem and we haven't actually put a lot of effort into the waste disposal.


Windmills make tons and tons of waste - there are entire mountains made from mine tailings and slag (obviously not all from windmills, but don't think windmills are free of waste).

Nuclear power has much less waste.




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