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The battery market is going to grow drastically if we keep building more wind/solar.
by DennisP 5y ago
The battery market is going to grow drastically if we keep building more wind/solar.
- arcticbull 5y agoFingers crossed we lean into nuclear instead but I suspect that won't happen to the extent it needs to.
- panick21_ 5y agoHaha, I want this as well but sadly we are not going in that direction. Basically no way to really invest in nuclear. Not enough hype for SPACs. Still hoping for the SpaceX of nuclear to emerge. This is my biggest 'beef' with Elon, I much rather he work on nuclear then trying to make solar roofs.
- arcticbull 5y agoRooftop solar is funny because it's by far the most dangerous kind of solar. People fall off installing those all the time. The deaths per TWh of generated electricity is a few orders of magnitude greater than nuclear. Industrial scale solar is still less safe than nuclear, but not by nearly as much.
- DennisP 5y agoUnless things change drastically at the NRC, we're not likely to have a SpaceX of nuclear in the US. Somebody like Seaborg might pull it off though.
- panick21_ 5y agoBy far the most likely are the Canadian companies. I really like Terrestrial Energy and Moltex Energy.
- DennisP 5y agoYep they're strong contenders. Canada's regulators have been pretty friendly. This presentation by Seaborg is pretty interesting though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Dz9sfBKEg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Dz9sfBKEg