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California is prematurely closing its perfectly good nuclear reactor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Clos...
' https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-scrambles-to-find-el...
It's interesting how research into nuclear tech has resulted in one thing that can get us all killed and one thing that can save us all from being killed.
We can't build reactors fast enough. And electricity is only a part of what generates emissions. It's no where close to a solution. Looking up the world's energy numbers, how much of total energy production and emissions are from electricity, how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant, how many nuclear power plants are built per year etc. will show you this.
Anyway, don't shut down any working plant early... We need everything we have atm
We can't build reactors fast enough. And electricity is only a part of what generates emissions. It's no where close to a solution. Looking up the world's energy numbers, how much of total energy production and emissions are from electricity, how long it takes to build a nuclear power plant, how many nuclear power plants are built per year etc. will show you this.
Nuclear power probably seems pretty great to WSJ and capitalist readers who want to own it all, and need the public to be ok with nuclear power again, though.
It's interesting how research into nuclear tech has resulted in one thing that can get us all killed and one thing that can save us all from being killed.
When you compare the energy density of nuclear to chemical materials, it sorta makes sense. It’s almost mind-boggling in its potential. In the early days of atomic energy it’s easy to see why people (or at least sci-fi)l authors) imagined so much promise. We really thought we were entering a new era in humanity. Sadly, it didn’t really work out that way, and the most significant application of this new energy source…
The nuclear power industry has really only existed for a generation. The promise is still there.
California is prematurely closing its perfectly good nuclear reactor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diablo_Canyon_Power_Plant#Clos...
Thanks to the "Friends of the Earth" and "Natural Resources Defense Council" for pushing us to coal, natural gas, and blackouts... Also raising rates to pay for the premature decomissioning. ' https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-scrambles-to-find-el...
This group of corrupt execs are the same people entrusted to make safety and maintenance decisions for Diablo Canyon.
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When you compare the energy density of nuclear to chemical materials, it sorta makes sense. It’s almost mind-boggling in its potential. In the early days of atomic energy it’s easy to see why people (or at least sci-fi)l authors) imagined so much promise. We really thought we were entering a new era in humanity. Sadly, it didn’t really work out that way, and the most significant application of this new energy source…
> We really thought we were entering a new era in humanity. The nuclear power industry has really only existed for a generation. The promise is still there.
More than 60 years is, by the usual means of counting generations, at least two and pushing three generations.
Related, “The Real Reason Biden’s Climate Agenda Is Failing Is Because It’s Anti-Nuclear”: https://michaelshellenberger.substack.com/p/the-real-reason-... The author of the above article also wrote a book called “Apocalypse Never” that explores practical approaches to managing climate change and recently appeared on the Jordan Peterson podcast to talk about it, including the role of nuclear energy: https://podcasts.a…