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We need massive construction of a few standard nuclear reactors. We need to federalize their fuel supply and recycling. The power company would operate the rea
by mikewarot 4y ago
We need massive construction of a few standard nuclear reactors. We need to federalize their fuel supply and recycling. The power company would operate the reactor, sell the power, and our tax dollars would take care of the fuel cycle outside of the plant.
We need to go quite hard on regenerative farming. It wouldn't surprise me if this switch alone could pull the surplus of carbon out of the air, and put it back into the topsoil of farms, where it belongs. Industrial farming is about as close as you can get to hydroponics these days, except it's done outside with 1" of topsoil.
Wind and solar are great, but storage is a huge issue, both in terms of stress to the grid, and uneven availability. There are some project plants that show 50% round trip efficiency for storage... which is better than throwing out a surplus.
We also could encourage energy hungry industries to be more interactive loads... for example... aluminum smelting can be scaled up or down quite a bit (though not to zero, to match adjustable electricity pricing)
We could electrify the freight rail system in the US. It almost happened 100+ years ago. Improvements in trans-shipping could also reduce the need for liquid fuels in transport by reducing long haul trucking.
We should get rid of plastic bottles, and go back to reusable glass containers. Single use plastics should be considered "unsuitable for new designs". (as they say with electronics components)
Heat pumps are just fancy air conditioners... and they are far more efficient at both heating and cooling if they are coupled to an in-ground coolant loop We should subsidize them.
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