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Nuclear is a reasonable source of green power, but this is the fourth-or-so time I've seen a MAANG suggest they're going to use it. I'd ignore this until someon
by Filligree 3y ago
Nuclear is a reasonable source of green power, but this is the fourth-or-so time I've seen a MAANG suggest they're going to use it. I'd ignore this until someone breaks ground.
- manojlds 3y ago*breaks atom
- HPsquared 3y agoMANGA? (Or would that be the alternative history version where the companies were Japanese)
- OJFord 3y agoMAANG is pretty established, because it just follows from FAANG and Facebook->Meta.
- arcticfox 3y agoI've never seen it before. And MANGA is much funnier and more memorable. Netflix seems like it should be ditched in favor of Microsoft though.
- anttiharju 3y agoAlso haven't seen it before. MAGMA would be a pretty sweet abbreviation!
- topkai22 3y agoIt’s a pretty common acronym Microsoft Apple Google Meta Amazon
- throwup238 3y agoYou have to pronounce "MAANG" like Tony Montana would.
- edrxty 3y agoIf we're gonna just arbitrarily name enshitified companies I propose the following instead: Facebook Ubisoft Chrysler Kroger Enron Verizon Exxon Reddit YouTube TikTok Twitter HP Intel Netflix Google
- spyke112 3y agoOh I see what you did there. Very accurate acronym from that list.
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- furyofantares 3y agoSomewhat confusing when GP uses it to refer to Microsoft, though.
- tsss 3y agoIt seems like a really dumb idea to use the most expensive form of electricity generation by some margin for a very predictable work load.
- jupp0r 3y agoChina and India are building nuclear power plants pretty cheaply.
- pfdietz 3y agoChina's nuclear plans are consistently not being met. India's nuclear output is quite small, and is already exceeded by a factor of 2 by their PV output.
- jupp0r 3y agoMy point was that both are finishing several plants per year, with reasonable cost ($3k per kW compared to $8-12k per kW in the US) and within reasonable time frames of 5-10 years of construction. This is competitive with renewables if you take the cost of storage into account.
- pfdietz 3y agoThey are not competitive with renewables, which is why China and India are building so much more renewable capacity than they are nuclear capacity. Ultimately, storage will be needed. But at that point, nuclear becomes even less desirable in those countries, because renewables are creating long periods where there's no demand to soak up the nuclear plants' output. You might object that this is a renewable problem, but I'd retort it's a nuclear problem -- they can't save much money by curtailing output, and this inflexibility is a blemish on nuclear. With reasonable projections of the cost of storage, PV will end up much cheaper than nuclear in India, btw. India's a great place for PV; they could go full renewable with just PV and batteries, not needing wind or hydrogen.
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