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A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
Or water cooled reactors!
A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
There are countries where neither solar nor wind are a viable options.
This will effectively render the issue moot, the few people in those regions could burn fossils and it wouldn't really matter. But it would be cheaper for them to import green energy.
A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
There are countries where neither solar nor wind are a viable options.
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There are countries where neither solar nor wind are a viable options.
Not many people live in such regions. And building enough solar and wind for the billions of people who do live in the good locations for it will drastically reduce the price of energy due to scale. This will effectively render the issue moot, the few people in those regions could burn fossils and it wouldn't really matter. But it would be cheaper for them to import green energy.
A molten salt reactor is, first and foremost, a distraction . By the time any production molten-salt reactor design could get proved out and the first commercial one built, renewables + storage will be providing all our power for much less money than it ever could. But we can waste a lot of $billions on it that could instead go to build out a hell of a lot of panels and wind turbines.
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Not many people live in such regions. And building enough solar and wind for the billions of people who do live in the good locations for it will drastically reduce the price of energy due to scale. This will effectively render the issue moot, the few people in those regions could burn fossils and it wouldn't really matter. But it would be cheaper for them to import green energy.
Millions of people live in such regions and importing energy also creates issues that are visible in the events today.
They are importing fuel now, and may continue. In the future the fuel they import will be cheaper if synthetic. Or they may rely more on transmission lines, and stockpile synthetic fuel for backup in case of outages.
People everywhere will do what works best for them where they are. As synthetic fuel cost drops below extracted and refined hydrocarbons, people will simply stop buying the latter. Forward-looking sunny tropical countries will do well exporting synthetic fuel to places where the wind or sun flags.
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Millions of people live in such regions and importing energy also creates issues that are visible in the events today.
There are not enough of them to be a big problem. Numbers matter. They are importing fuel now , and may continue. In the future the fuel they import will be cheaper if synthetic. Or they may rely more on transmission lines, and stockpile synthetic fuel for backup in case of outages. People everywhere will do what works best for them where they are. As synthetic fuel cost drops below extracted and refined hydrocarbons…