And so it begins, in earnest

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Originally Posted by Mike P

Nuclear is one of the greenest, if not the greenest, ways to generate electricity. We rely on it to a large extent here, and just put a new plant online. So getting cut off from Russian gas had very little effect on electricity costs and supply last winter. Spent fuel rods are placed deep underground in abandoned nickel mines.

The hysteria after Three Mile Island was unwarranted.

Some years ago I was on a flight with a nuclear engineer designing what was hoped to be the next big plant to get approved in the US. I’ve got my double gin and tonic and he’s spreading out blueprints everywhere explaining all the safety features. Total geek fest but I learned a lot.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by Mike P

Nuclear is one of the greenest, if not the greenest, ways to generate electricity. We rely on it to a large extent here, and just put a new plant online. So getting cut off from Russian gas had very little effect on electricity costs and supply last winter. Spent fuel rods are placed deep underground in abandoned nickel mines.

The hysteria after Three Mile Island was unwarranted.

Some newest and next gen plant designs can use spent fuel from previous gen plants eliminating most of that waste.

That the Greens/Left want everything electric to combat global warming but won't use nuclear to do it means that for us to survive on solar and wind alone you are not going to have air conditioning, no cars, and you will take public trans if you are one of the few that still actually have a job. Otherwise the math does not work.

You'll eat Soylent Green from a tube and like it

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Some newest and next gen plant designs can us spent fuel from previous gen plants eliminating most of that waste.

The modular nuclear using the spent fuel are a really cool idea. The size of a walmart and powers a town... pretty cool idea.

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

The modular nuclear using the spent fuel are a really cool idea. The size of a walmart and powers a town... pretty cool idea.

And one of many legit solutions to the problems people "care" about, ye here we are.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by JohnR

That the Greens/Left want everything electric to combat global warming but won't use nuclear to do it means that for us to survive on solar and wind alone you are not going to have air conditioning, no cars, and you will take public trans if you are one of the few that still actually have a job. Otherwise the math does not work.

You'll eat Soylent Green from a tube and like it

Turn off Faux News

It is the Joe Manchin types in both parties that do whatever they can to slow progress and keep the reliance on fossil fuels.

There is some support for nuclear on both sides of the aisle but the economic life cycle of nuclear was way more expensive than natural gas, which became the darling. Plenty of democratic support for nuclear as a clean energy. The insurrectionist party is just held hostage to fossil fuel donors and uses their Faux media to feed their propaganda.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by JohnR

Some newest and next gen plant designs can use spent fuel from previous gen plants eliminating most of that waste.

That the Greens/Left want everything electric to combat global warming but won't use nuclear to do it means that for us to survive on solar and wind alone you are not going to have air conditioning, no cars, and you will take public trans if you are one of the few that still actually have a job. Otherwise the math does not work.

You'll eat Soylent Green from a tube and like it

The Greens here are actually big supporters of nuclear. But they're also not the US greens. Most American lefties would dismiss them as "neoliberals".

Air conditioning? Most building designers never saw a need for it when apartment blocks were built. That was before weeks of 25-30 degree Celsius (77 to 86 degree Fahrenheit) days became routine in summer. So we swelter/