4 ms·
One would think of it’s so safe and small they would just build it in Bellevue. Personally beyond safety my objection to nuclear is more about the centralizati
by natch 5y ago
One would think of it’s so safe and small they would just build it in Bellevue.
Personally beyond safety my objection to nuclear is more about the centralization and massive potential for corruption.
I’d rather our money was invested in small individually owned energy solutions as much as possible, so that people have control over their own sources, instead of the control being held by massive megacorps and government entities.
- taneq 5y agoThey probably would if not for the PR and resulting regulatory hurdles. Modern designs like molten salt reactors are also amenable to making them much smaller which ties in nicely with your other objections about centralization and corruption. Ultimately we could get back to the 1950s dream of each house having its own small, safe nuclear reactor providing them with independent power.
- natch 5y agoGod forbid we have regulations preventing companies from doing things like warming up rivers to the point where salmon can no longer spawn there, or tainting groundwater for many generations to come. >each house having its own I’ll believe it when I see it but even in such a fantasy, I hate to think what it would do to property values to know there were such things in the neighborhood.
- natch 5y agoLet me know when Bill Gates has one in his house.
- andbberger 5y agoWhat good is that? You'll still be coupled to municipal water supplies, sewers, roads, communication infrastructure...
- natch 5y agoAll things being equal, less coupling is better.
- andbberger 5y agoyou techbros are killing me. things are coupled whether you want them to be or not
- thehappypm 5y agoIf the US were to be powered by a dozen nuclear reactors that would be a HUGE national security issue. Imagine bringing America to its knees with a few successful cyber attacks, let alone physical attacks.