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> bumbling bureaucrats Sounds like a government problem, not a nuclear problem.

rpiguyshy 6y ago
exactly. fission is great if its run by smart, motivated people. unfortunately, the government is not always populated by the kind of people who are up to the task. and they are not always structured in a way that allows them to work optimally. its a big, complicated system. to have total confidence in it is foolish. its like any other huge, complicated and convoluted machine... you should be skeptical of it, not blindly faithful in its ability to do things like manage nuclear waste. maybe someone comes back at me saying that the government already does things like manages the nuclear arsenal, wages war, etc. my response is that you should be worried, we should try to reduce all of that as much as possible.
afterburner 6y ago
Hope you have a solution to never having bad government.
- reedjosh 6y ago
  Yes, none.
  - afterburner 6y ago
    That's what Texas is going for, not working out too well.
    - reedjosh 6y ago
      Texas energy is traded through ERCOT, an energy market "...governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature." http://www.ercot.com/about http://www.ercot.com/about
      - afterburner 6y ago
        And they failed. You proved my point.
        reedjosh 6y ago
        My point is the Texas energy market is a centralized Texas Legislature governed market. AKA not government-less.
        afterburner 6y ago
        Texas' goal is as little government as possible. It is going about as well as I'd expect, but obviously you think the solution is even less?? This all started with Texas deliberately ignoring Federal warnings to winterize their energy infrastructure. They went so far as to keep their own grid in order to make the Federal government unable to force them to do something good for the people of Texas.
    - reedjosh 6y ago
      Ironically in 2020. "On June 1, Austin Energy issued a notice of suspension and its receipt has been acknowledged, according to the utility’s COO, Charles Dickerson. The energy generation facility will be retired Oct. 31" https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/whispers/decker-creek-power-station-finally-closing/ https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/whispers/decker-creek-...

exactly. fission is great if its run by smart, motivated people. unfortunately, the government is not always populated by the kind of people who are up to the task. and they are not always structured in a way that allows them to work optimally. its a big, complicated system. to have total confidence in it is foolish. its like any other huge, complicated and convoluted machine... you should be skeptical of it, not blindly faithful in its ability to do things like manage nuclear waste. maybe someone comes back at me saying that the government already does things like manages the nuclear arsenal, wages war, etc. my response is that you should be worried, we should try to reduce all of that as much as possible.

afterburner 6y ago

Hope you have a solution to never having bad government.

reedjosh 6y ago
Yes, none.
- afterburner 6y ago
  That's what Texas is going for, not working out too well.
  - reedjosh 6y ago
    Texas energy is traded through ERCOT, an energy market "...governed by a board of directors and subject to oversight by the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Texas Legislature." http://www.ercot.com/about http://www.ercot.com/about
    - afterburner 6y ago
      And they failed. You proved my point.
      - reedjosh 6y ago
        My point is the Texas energy market is a centralized Texas Legislature governed market. AKA not government-less.
        afterburner 6y ago
        Texas' goal is as little government as possible. It is going about as well as I'd expect, but obviously you think the solution is even less?? This all started with Texas deliberately ignoring Federal warnings to winterize their energy infrastructure. They went so far as to keep their own grid in order to make the Federal government unable to force them to do something good for the people of Texas.
  - reedjosh 6y ago
    Ironically in 2020. "On June 1, Austin Energy issued a notice of suspension and its receipt has been acknowledged, according to the utility’s COO, Charles Dickerson. The energy generation facility will be retired Oct. 31" https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/whispers/decker-creek-power-station-finally-closing/ https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/whispers/decker-creek-...