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Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


CommieGIR posted:

We need both renewables and reliable baseload, be that hydro where possible or nuclear everywhere else.

Hydro's a weird one in that it's unreliability just has a longer waveform than eg: solar or wind. Droughts can really gently caress with supply.

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Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


New nuclear plant approved in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-62235221

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.



isn't this just going to end up with elderly reactors barely being kept alive with no new replacements being built, another disaster occurring due to age/underfunding/poor maintenance and the whole anti-nuclear cycle starts again?

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


"alright, we're going to build a microwave beam weapon in orbit, any objections?"

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


His Divine Shadow posted:

Everyone thought about what was individually rational and the consequences where collectively disastrous.

This is a great turn of phrase and I'm going to steal it.

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


There's a wiki entry on their prototypes, it doesn't seem to be a mystery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_Compact_Fusion_Reactor

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


Yeah, Project Orion is :krad:

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


Phanatic posted:

drat. Maybe I shouldn’t have bought that old firehouse.

that's a job for the EPA

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


talk about a heated exchange

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


Tuna-Fish posted:

The Energy Generation Megathread: Heated Exchanges

:hmmyes:

Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.



This is surprisingly good news, if it actually happens.

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Gravitas Shortfall
Jul 17, 2007

Utility is seven-eighths Proximity.


Staluigi posted:

fuckin sucks nobody wants to use desert dune sand, because it's not as good

well yeah it's full of worms!!

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