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Anon questions our energy sector (slrpnk.net)

submitted 1 week ago by MataVatnik to c/[email protected]

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[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Notice how pro-nuclear people always point towards a bunch of fictional technology as the solution? Oh, we just need fusion, or breeder reactors, or a bunch of other shit that doesn’t exist. No, bro, we just need to build renewables and proper energy grids. It’s really not that complicated. If it’s not sunny where you live, then you just get electricity from where it is sunny. It’s really really simple

Nuclear energy is a solution looking for a problem. Total tech bro bullshit. Like crypto.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Renewables folks are also always looking for things that don't exist. Like magical energy storage and transmission solutions that don't cost the earth or have huge losses. Or wave power which still hasn't materialized after decades of research.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Breeder reactors already exist??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor#Notable_reactors

Moving electricity around is a hard problem. Even just moving energy from one end of Britain to the other looses us 10 or 20%, and we are a small nation. If you need to start moving energy in from somewhere actually sunny like Spain you are going to have a big problem.

Crypto isn't looking for a problem, fiat has plenty of problems, it's just not an optimal solution. Probably the real answer is not using money at all.

[–] NikkiDimes 1 points 1 week ago

If it’s not sunny where you live, then you just get electricity from where it is sunny. It’s really really simple

Yeah, really, really simple. Wait, what are transmission losses?