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Click Here Olivia Solon, June 19, 2021.
"5G and the Canadian Data Centre Rush," by Joyce Nelson.
Worldwide, 5G would annually need 59 giga watts hours of electricity. The largest new-generation nuclear reactor (EPR) produces 1.65 GW of continuous power. Powering 5G internationally would therefore require 59 ÷ 1.65, which equals 36 EPRs. (See Miguel Coma's reports at www.ourweb.tech/letters.)
For a modern description of how energy efficiency increases energy use, read David Owen's The Conundrum: How Scientific Innovation, Increased Efficiency, and Good Intentions Can Make Our Energy and Climate Problems Worse, Riverhead, 2011.
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