They are basically heating sand in a silo. Silo is insulated, of course, so no meaningful interaction with the environment.
The Danes are putting a similar system in on their "energy island", called Hot Rocks (cue Stones..... ).
Nukes are not economically viable. Boomers still remember "electricity will be too cheap to meter" promotional bulls#it from the 60's, and think it was true then and still is. But it never was, and never will be, cheap.
I see
I’m all about cheap, but Morse-so about sustainability, longevity, and minimal Impact.
A guy can dream can’t he?
