[diffeomorphism]

Oh, wow. That link is some horribly bad and unrealistic math. Hint: Filtering all oceans in the world might require just a little effort. Also no comment on where uranium is mined?

I saw some merit to the pro-nuclear argument before, but with such "arguments" ....

[pfdietz]

In particular, supplying a 1 GW(e) burner reactor would require a U absorber field over 170 km^2 of continental shelf (in a strong current). This is roughly an order of magnitude lower average power/area than solar.