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Clarke @ Clarke311 @lemmy.world Posts 4Comments 100Joined 2 yr. ago
Clarke @ Clarke311 @lemmy.world
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The title of this post is sarcasm
You should search the term grid scale storage and get back to me with a viable solution.
They literally do exist and have for 70 years
If people like you would stop naysaying then we could expedite the process
Unfortunately Libertarians suffer from the abject stupidity of "libertarians"
Very few of us have read Locke and Through and run on the ideals of the Non Aggression Principle but we do exist.
Simply stated if you're arguing with a "libertarian" And their point of view would be an attack on another person or group or a trespass on another's rights they're probably not a libertarian.
The purpose of government is the monopoly of violence. Ideally this violence should only be used to protect rights and not violate them. Unfortunately it is often the case that government violates rights. Libertarians do not like that.
El libertarian society is a trust based society strengthened by voluntary engagement. In short you're allowed to sell poison if you label it as poison but you're not allowed to sell medicine that is actually poison.
Unironically Ron Swanson is a pretty apt description of accurate libertarian philosophy.
Do me a favor and read. https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nrc-certifies-first-us-small-modular-reactor-design#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Nuclear%20Regulatory%20Commission,use%20in%20the%20United%20States.
If we can get economies of scale involved that solar and wind currently utilize then we will also see a similar massive drop in price
What you're missing is solar and wind projections do not consider a grid scale storage solution.... Factor into the grid scale storage solution with modern battery technology and suddenly the SMRs are a lot cheaper than battery super warehouses every few miles.
Again I am not saying we should not be building more renewables I'm just stating that we should also be developing more reactors with the renewables.
If only we could use an assembly like process on a proven modular self contained reactor design to turn them out of a factory like clockwork. It's almost like you don't have to build an entire condensing tower if you already have one from a coal fired plant and it's basically a direct engine swap. Does this gloss over a lot of complications Yes Yes it does is it a realistic solution Yes it is. You're complaining that there isn't an economy of scale will also stopping an economy of scale from existing...
If I remember correctly non-viable fuel ratio is anything under 95% pure.
You really really should look into how much subsidies get thrown at Coal oil and natural gas
Forum reactors would be cool but I'm only basing this off the difference between modern small modular pressurized water reactors vs Soviet designs from wwii
I didn't call you stupid I stated that anti-nuclear activists have a tendency to compare 80-year-old technology to modern technology and claim it's the same thing. If you can recognize the difference in the pictures then you're not stupid.
My entire point is that idiots like you are comparing modern reactors which can't melt down to catastrophic levels like a Chernobyl event to a f****** RBMK Soviet reactor. A design thought up 80 years ago a design that was out of date when it was constructed. A design that had no fail safes. A design that had no containment vessel. Totally the same thing though. The meme is for you since you cannot tell the difference between the two
I'm pro nuclear not anti
Just so we are on the same page the original starting point of this entire conversation was somebody asking if nuclear is safer than solar and wind.
I responded that yes technically there are more deaths per capita with solar and wind because the installation procedures are hazardous people keep falling to death and getting crushed. My entire point by bringing up those deaths. It that they are edge case worst case scenarios. However I am still an advocate for renewables such as solar and wind power and offshore sea power. I just realized the reality of the situation that is grid scale storage and how it is currently not feasible to maintain a grid scale storage with out base load power stations such as coal natural gas and nuclear. I would like to remove the coal and natural gas power plants and upgrade them to nuclear plants. Just like a meltdown would be a worst case scenario.
The facts are that meltdowns are exceedingly rare, and we have learned from and improved upon the design of the reactors in use over the last century. Yes nuclear power is 90 years old at this point.
People get crushed and fall to death all the time. Furthermore if it's a modern containment style reactor design then there is basically no risk of long-term contamination.
Tell me more about my opinions and what they are. I don't think you understand what the word nuanced means. Especially if you are proponent of a nuclear scary and scary is bad mindset. Are there potential risks Yes are there potential rewards also yes weighing the pros and the cons. I am pro nuclear.
This post was based on the fact y'all don't have basic reading comprehension skills. I only have like 60 comments total maybe read through some of them.
Shut up with your facts and logic this is clearly an emotional response only zone
All of the three candidates that I'm aware that are currently trying to get department of energy clearance for commercialization are pressurized water reactors...
The number of people who told me that they were against nuclear and wanted to shut down nuclear plants yesterday but can't comprehend that they will be replaced by coal fire...... Inspired this meme. https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/15/europe/germany-nuclear-phase-out-climate-intl/index.html