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> It's the kind of problem that requires incredible amounts of data, hardware, and theory to make any progress. I wouldn't be surprised if the opposite was true, at least with the …

I don't think the power dynamics are that clear. The Saudi state is not at all under total control of MBS. Formally, his father is in power, there are other potential heirs to the …

> You've got to be kidding. It is plausible in the sense of "plausible deniability". Imagine MBS saying something like "That Khashoggi guy, I wish somebody hacked him to pieces!". …

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Do you really think that's what he should have said? Because that sounds like a vastly dumber thing to say, even if it's "honest". The "rogue operation" story is "good enough". It'…

Look, as far as the broader argument for or against nuclear goes, we are one the same side . I actually want you to have strong position. > Of course you can't calculate the risk o…

> I am not ignoring anything I am simply pointing to the fact that when we talk wind and solar the true cost isn't calculated whereas with nuclear it is. I agree with you on wind/s…

> All sources of energy have financial consequences if they go wrong, we use them anyway because the value they provide to society vastly outperform occasional disasters. All energ…

This isn't an insurance against catastrophic failure on the order of Fukushima or Chernobyl, which run into the hundreds of billions, if not trillions. Of course you can have an in…

The negative prices paid on EPEX did not exist until 2007 on the German/Austrian market[1], which clearly coincides with the green energy rollout in Germany.

The marginal cost of renewables isn't zero, producing it causes more wear and tear than not producing it. Furthermore, if you pay negative prices as a result of a renewable surge, …

> Negative grid prices are the consequences of power plants which cannot shut down in times of oversupply, that is mainly coal and nuclear. Riddle me this, then: Why did negative e…

> Most humans born today will experience the negative effects of climate change over the next 80 years, with between 10-30% of them dying due to events caused by it. [citation desp…

Insured by whom? You need to understand how insurance companies operate: They gather data, they calculate the risk vs. the cost of paying out, they add a markup - that's your price…

> You might assume this is just some techno-weenie blogger that's getting too excited about one of his hobbies, but if you look at the official submissions from companies aiming to…

The issue is that you won't find an insurance company willing to insure a risk that they can't calculate. There's too little data to find a price here. In the end, the government a…