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by 7952 2y ago
I agree. Although we should not downplay how vulnerable democracy can be to outside influence. And that can have significant negative consequences. Particularly as things like "national interest" are so debatable.
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But it is not morally acceptable for coal to release radiation either. It was politically acceptable for a while but less so now. It is right to hold new plants to a higher standard. And as I have been reminded repeatedly in these kind o
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Do you think that would be morally wrong? Honest question.
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So if we just do something politically unacceptable and probably morally unacceptable then nuclear will be viable? And of course you could apply the same thing to other sources of energy and they will equally get cheaper. Wind turbines in
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They might even need clean underwear and have that in mind. Probably the most scary experience of their lives and people act strangely.
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Surely the entire point of insurance is that the provider takes the financial risk. That is what they have been paid to do. If they cannot afford to do that through premiums then they should make a loss.
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Although in terms of risk it is better framed as big ship vs big ship. Because if they touch they are both going down. And both will be constrained in how far they can realistically detect and avoid the other. That is a fact with flying
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The best metric is CO2 reduction. Running fossil fuel plants for less time is a useful objective towards that.
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Do colocation facilities solve that?
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That assumes the recovery mechanism is definitely going to be a greater risk than phishing. In a corporate setting recovery could require intervention from IT support if alternative methods don't exist. That adds obscurity and natura
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It is curious that you don't mention the fact that the Sha was in power due to an American/British coup that deposed a democratic government to protect oil interests.
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It would certainly be interesting to see what survived.
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The argument about security comes up a lot and makes intuitive sense. Although it seems far more complex than just protecting farmland and a simple yearly statistic. Developed countries can be ridiculously dependent on centralised supply
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War and survival are communal activities. Tight dense communities tend to do better as people can support each other. Isolated dwellings are just ridiculously vulnerable in comparison. The next group of hungry/angry people who turn
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I think the main effect of social media is just in neutralising emotion and real world action. It give people a place to vent. And then they get angry when nothing in the real world changes. The power is still in the hands of a few geria
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I do have a problem with musk supporting a political candidate. Not for any kind of high minded reason. Just because I am uneasy that someone has so much power. It is simply a threat. And people get too wrapped up in the argument to not
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Yes, even if it looks natural on visible light bands it won't on infrared or synthetic apeture radar imagery.
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Another way to phrase it would be as self defense rather than murder. The baby is an unwanted intruder. And the only way to defend the mother is through the death of another person. And like self defense there are different interpretatio
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Photos of my family. Lots of comforting audio books and movies. Recipes of simple food for a wide range of ingredients.
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I think that culture still exists outside of official IT teams. It is just contained in python scripts, R coding, excel, PowerApps, shadow IT etc.
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by 7952 2y ago
But it seems unlikely that this kind of private capital would be available for such a nuclear project. Nor would the expertise or industrial capacity be the same.
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They are also proposing to import from closer countries.
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But with a flatter society you could widen the pool of people allocating resources. Elon would have less money but the rest would have more.
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At a more basic level money eliminates the need for social obligation. There is no expectation of reciprocity or mutual respect. You pay for a product, it is delivered and that is the end of it. Corporations do this within their own inte
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But an assumption about long term gain can still deliver short term returns. Would shareholders behave the same if long term returns were the only returns available?
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Maybe if you have high levels of renewables penetration. And for a couple of days per month the wholesale electricity price gets very high. And you can sell your nuclear power at very high rates to the market. Or at cheap market beating
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The most important metrics are cost and speed of co2 reduction. An 80% renewable grid may achieve that more effectively than nuclear. It may be optimal to burn gas for a couple of weeks per year. Or to build massive pumped storage and nuc
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The problem is that there is no agreement on what bad actually is. An individual may consider that a loss of their job is worse than global climate change. The environmental sphere is full of arguments that would ideally be a false dichotom
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Regardless of how it was preserved it is still a valuable habitat for some vulnerable species. And a recreational amenity for people. Nor would the absence of a sanctuary make it automatically ok to kill wildlife or cause pollution.
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How does this preclude other solutions?

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