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> I’ve said in comments here on HN before that one of the issues with nuclear is that it requires a powerful state to protect it, whereas solar does not. This h

> I’ve said in comments here on HN before that one of the issues with nuclear is that it requires a powerful state to protect it, whereas solar does not. This has long term implications for the society that relies on one versus the other. Great minds think alike? ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19931314 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19931314 I agree that this seems to be an under-discussed aspect of energy policy. Which is odd, because it seems widely agreed that oil and politics are very, very interlinked.

aebtebeten 3y ago
One of the lines of thinking which led to 1984: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/you-and-the-atom-bomb/ https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel... > oil and politics are ... interlinked Due to Stalingrad blocking the way to the Caucasus (and eventually Iraq?), Hitler discovered the iron law of 20th century warfare: "No Oil, No Blitz" (无油无闪?) (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Blue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_Blue ) During the heyday of the British Empire, the Royal Navy ruled the waves with renewable energy, and needed to put into port mostly for things like food and fresh water. Since Suez, the US Navy has waived the rules (exception to COLREGS: "if it's gray, stay away") but a majority of its fleet would degenerate to a "fleet in being" without oil. This is what the world looks like to the USN; can you spot Hormuz? The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port? https://www.seattleaquarium.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Spilhaus-map.jpg https://www.seattleaquarium.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/S...