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by korantu 8y ago
Majority of energy consumption and population happens in cities / industry, so if we are talking significant co2 soonest, we should really focus on these. For large consumers like these to go solar/wind, you will have to really ov
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by korantu 8y ago
We are comparing two energy sources: one where output depends on the weather, and can go to near 0 another where output is strictly predictable but takes time to change. Option 2 have the problem of oversupply and undersupply. This forces
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by korantu 8y ago
Well, there is plenty of hydrogen in the water indeed. If there was any worry that we are going to run out of hydrogen, and willing to pay hundreds of dollars per kg (uranium fuel cost), we would totally get it from sea water. In which case
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by korantu 8y ago
Historically in US and Europe yes, but China Japan and South Korea are way more efficient in deploying nuclear, and for good reason. [1] [1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/10/02/4-ways
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by korantu 8y ago
If you factor in cost of storage required to provide continuous power, then you get way more expensive and less reliable. Now this problem is solved by, surprise, fossil fuels. [0] Ofcourse solar is cheaper when it is sunny, provider might
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by korantu 8y ago
The only solution to rapid reduction in co2 emissions that can be deployed right now at sufficient scale is nuclear. There are passively safe designs built right now. It can provide electricity, heat and desalination if lack of water is an
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by korantu 8y ago
This is borderline criminal, and should be caught with processes / code review. Did you really see a lot of such cases??
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by korantu 8y ago
"Master plan" link [0] is 404 in the linked article. (Not sure if this is right way to report it) [0] https://about.sourcegraph.com/plan
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by korantu 8y ago
Government has tendency to grab all the power it can. Combined with monopoly on violence this is a combination that rightfully makes people wary of that. So people came up with Bill of rights, constitution, and other constructs to safeguar
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by korantu 8y ago
And you can actually see most of the art pieces being generated.. mesmerising.. Don't think quotes ' are warranted here
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by korantu 8y ago
The nagging thought here is that this property of wind/solar make them not sustainable in capitalistic setup. Let me explain: soon there will be point where investment in W/S would stop making sense - very difficult to compete whe
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by korantu 8y ago
This new smaller design solves reliability and cost issues of older bigger designs.
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by korantu 8y ago
What are your thoughts on mofular factory-produced reactors like NuScale [1] ? They use proven tecnology, and walkaway safe. [1] https://www.nuscalepower.com
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by korantu 8y ago
Why even the focus on LFTR, what is wrong with proven technology in modular form? Just dont build reactors gigantic, make them walkaway-safe instead - [1], they are quite resilient - [2] and can be produced on a factory, so inspections are
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by korantu 8y ago
The 'unlikely anyone will' is quite likely, though, given how much more attention is given to nuclear waste compared to other highly dangerous cemicals. Nuclear scare is the case of zero-risk bias, as by discarding nuclear people
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by korantu 8y ago
Several points here: 1. Most waste from nuclear plants is contained, unlike coal/gas. 2. The amount of the waste itself is miniscule, the amount of uranium needed to produce all the energy you will ever use throught your time on this p
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by korantu 8y ago
True, but great majority of the renewables cited into the report is hydro, which is not very portable and cannot be considered as way forward.. not even mentioning all the flooding it causes
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by korantu 8y ago
Registered to post this - http://www.nuscalepower.com/ This is exactly the idea of smaller, factory-produced walkaway-safe nuclear reactors. It is weird how people compare safety of 50 year old technology (nuclear incidents
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by korantu 8y ago
Except baseload from wind and solar does not really work. Some energy storage facility have to be included, and then we would have to factor in human/money cost of that facility as well.