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Except in this case we have the light bulb already in nuclear reactors. It's like if Edison threw out the first light bulb that worked because it felt hot to t
by ErikVandeWater 4y ago
Except in this case we have the light bulb already in nuclear reactors.
It's like if Edison threw out the first light bulb that worked because it felt hot to the touch.
- pixl97 4y agoYou hear about that tidal generator that blew up and contaminated 1000 Sq km of land? Ya, I didn't either.
- ErikVandeWater 4y agoActually I have.
- seoaeu 4y agoJust like we already had the “lightbulb” in the form of candles. There are significant downsides to nuclear reactors that other kinds of sustainable power might be able to address
- bayesian_horse 4y agoInterestingly, this whole technology might come to market more quickly than a nuclear reactor in an industrialized country could be build from decision to commercial operation. At best, nuclear power is unwieldy, hard to calculate, needs a vast, highly specialized infrastructure and workforce and leaves you with radioactive waste with no solution realized as of yet. At worst, "impossible" accidents happen, people shoot at your reactor, nation states devolve and use the fuel for dirty bombs, somebody tries to blow the reactor up on purpose...