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> To produce as much electricity with solar as Hinkley Point C would use a plot of land almost fifty times bigger than Hyde Park.

Hyde Park is about 1.4 km2, so that would be 70 km2, which even in a dense country like the UK is not that much. It seems like a no-brainer to go for solar instead.



Even China, who nuclear advocates point to as “getting it right” look like they realize this now .. https://johnmenadue.com/chinas-quiet-energy-revolution-the-s...


(need storage too though that's more a cost problem than a space problem)




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