Anyone had any experience with residential photovoltaic energy generation?

[Zigrat]

nuclear power plants prode large amounts of waste heat, as well as depleted uranium.

they are, however, much cleaner than coal fired plants.

[miko2d]

Originally posted by Zigrat:
nuclear power plants prode large amounts of waste heat, as well as depleted uranium.

they are, however, much cleaner than coal fired plants.

 All energy ends up as heat no matter where it is produced. What does it matter how you boil your water (to make steam to rotating the turbines) - with coal or nuclear? The amount of waste heat is the same. Of course usually a nuclear plant replaces many coal plants, so it produces more heat in one location.
 But it does not spew out all the poisonous stuff like radioactive carbon, sulpfur, heavy metals and other...

 miko

[Jigster]

There's alot of non-point source pollution associated with coal plants. There is a horrendous amount of heavy machinery needed just to get the coal, and maintain it in the first place, not including what the plant alone makes.

Nuclear plants are far better in that respect, because the fuel last so much longer. If most radioactive elements weren't so dense, the space program would of been the best disposal method, unfortunately it's cheaper to just bury it or submerege it for several thousand years