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by throwaway2037 616 days ago
You raise a very good point. I need to do some research to understand your comment.

1) Google uses about 25 terawatt-hours per year. Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumptio...

2) An AP100 nuclear reactor can produce up to 10 terawatt-hours per year. Source: https://canes.mit.edu/overnight-capital-cost-next-ap1000#:~:....

That is incredible to think just how much power that a single nuclear reactor can produce!