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> That’s an extremely rosy picture not aligned with reality. "Chart 1- History of Residual Stranded Debt & Unfunded Liability of OEFC" seems to show a decreasing number: * https://…

Can you provide a citation for the $500B? Because Carney has mentioned federal money in that amount for projects Canada-wide that include "energy" generally, but not nuclear specif…

> But its finances were completely underwater with no way out due to the debt from nuclear construction. The debt from nuclear construction was being paid off then , just like it i…

> We should be arguing that cars should not have any speakers if that’s the case. Even speaking with passengers has been shown to increase traffic incidents: * https://www.scienced…

Also Tim O'Neill of the History for Atheists weblog/channel: * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq1ksVVeRWI * https://historyforatheists.com/2025/04/interview-dr-ada-palm... Other i…

While most folks are aware of "the" Renaissance, there were others earlier, e.g.: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_renaissances

Ontario nuclear is cheaper than Ontario solar and wind (Table 2): * https://fao-on.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Nuclear-Refurb... Until a few years ago it was cheaper than methan…

Ontario Hydro did not go bankrupt. It was broken up into "constituent" components in 1998, and the a lot of the nuclear plant construction financing debt didn't fit neatly into any…

> That's because the utility went bankrupt and its construction costs were absorbed onto the public debt. Ontario Hydro did not go bankrupt. It was broken up into "constituent" com…

If you have a site that's approved for a nuclear power, there is overhead in getting that approval, but once you have a site you can roll through multiple reactors. It's similar to…

> I ride with a comm system that I play media over and trying to be reflective of my past and I don’t see it. One risk is your focus going from what's on the road to what's coming …

> I am a bit stunned reading this.. Is this a common perspective of motorcyclists? No. For example, every beginner-advice thread in /r/motorcycle has a highly-upvoted comment(s) re…

> Agreed. Unrelated pro-tip: wearing them while riding a motorcycle. Reduces fatigue and transforms a rough experience into almost luxurious. Highly recommended. What kind of NRR r…

> My point is that we are designing solutions for time scales we haven't actually been able to test over and while we have every reason to believe our solutions will work - they mi…

> Any video surveillance system is foiled by a simple mask. Do not under-estimate the number of thieves on the left-hand side of the bell curve: if you can deal with those that's h…

Ontario's Financial Accountability Office, which reports to provincial parliament and is independent of the government, concluded that at least for the refurbs: > * The FAO estimat…

> I think you mean unbelievably expensive and takes an eternity to build outside of China and Korea. Japan was able to start construction on a new nuclear reactor and have its cons…

> No reactor has yet even reached the operating age of 60 years. That 80 years number is wholly speculative. Ontario's Bruce A site (Units 1-4) have an age of ~45 years, and has ju…

> "Cheap nuclear" is a pipe dream that has never been realized. Not even Chinese nuclear (no environmentalists there) is anywhere near as cheap as solar. In Ontario, Canada, 50% of…

> Do you trust that any of today's politicians will not be poor at nuclear reactor design and management? As someone who lives in Ontario, Canada, where 50% of all electricity curr…

> I find this to be the most frustrating aspect of the nuclear discourse. The "waste problem" is technically solved (we believe, gotta wait ~10k years to know) It's not a 10k year …

> Did waste management become a solved problem? Yes? Just have them sit in concrete casks? It's safe enough to do a 'maternity photoshoot' with: * https://xcancel.com/MadiHilly/sta…

Then-still-independent Sun sold storage appliances, and during their development and debugging it was noticed that vibrations effected performance… by yelling at the drives: * http…

Oracle and NetApp 'mutually dismissed' in 2010: * https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2010/09/09/oracle-and-n... * https://www.computerworld.com/article/1585889/opinion-patent... …