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The solution is a 10x better energy source. And it's only going to happen if smart people get focused on it. Fluctuations in the price of oil affect funding, et
by paulsutter 11y ago
The solution is a 10x better energy source. And it's only going to happen if smart people get focused on it. Fluctuations in the price of oil affect funding, etc, but the people working on the problem are a bigger issue.
Elon Musk is doing his best to drive down the price of batteries and solar power. What will you work on? Baseload power probably needs nuclear. There are a number of nuclear energy startups right now.
- douche 11y agoWe already know how to build nuke plants to replace coal. Fear-mongering over exceptional incidents at first and second generation sites like Chernobyl, Three-mile Island and Fukushima, and the extreme regulatory restrictions and NIMBYism are the problem there, not anything technical or economic. Hell, you've got Germany closing perfectly good clean nuclear plants, that have to be replaced with new coal-burning plants, due to misguided environmental activism.
- DrNuke 11y agoInnovative nuclear may be well priced out of the market at this rate but research (Gen IV, fusion) is going very fast nowadays and will only go faster with eDesign and cloud computing.