- cross-posted to:
- futurology
- technology@lemmy.world
- climate@slrpnk.net
- cross-posted to:
- futurology
- technology@lemmy.world
- climate@slrpnk.net
First planned small nuclear reactor plant in the US has been canceled::NuScale and its primary partner give up on its first installation.
Solar power was actually pushed by big oil in the 70s, 80s and 90s because they were afraid of nuclear.
Solar was not viewed as a viable energy system by big oil back then.
Does solar power use some rare earth minerals and stuff like that? They own those, but you probably need them for nuclear and others
I can’t put a nuclear station on my roof or in my basement
Were you… Were you going to?
I mean, a teenage boy scout once built something like an amateur reactor in a shed in his parents backyard shed, so I see nothing wrong with a tractor on the roof or in a basement.
Watch me.
Currently, no. With enough investments in nuclear and less fear mongering, it’s possible that’s be an option. Small scale nuclear reactors can exist and can be safe, and the amount of nuclear material they’d need is fairly small.
Yeah every power source needs some materials.
Silicon, iirc
Made from sand. A very rareaterial.
Yes and so do the batteries and all the controls.
There’s not necessarily a need for batteries. I’m generating energy and use it up directly, and inject the overage back into the grid against a compensation, and then at night or during times of heavy cloud coverage, I draw power from the grid pretty much on par with the money I received. So far it’s a zero sum game or slightly profitable.
Ok cool. So you outsourced the battery needs to someone else. Good job. Hey I figured out how to fix global warming, all we need to do is move all the stuff that causes it to different countries.
Didn’t address the controls I noticed.
Please read up on how power grids work, before returning to this conversation. Thanks.
Got a point go ahead and make it.
What he means is it’s not getting stored in a battery
Yeah go ahead and make a solar system with the dirt you have on your land. All you are doing is supporting one group of corporations over another. Worst argument I have ever seen for solar is what you have presented today.
Hey everyone, this comment doesn’t say that solar is bad. It says this isn’t the argument for solar the OP thinks it is. Solar requires a whole lot of mining and refining. Nuclear actually requires less. Using the same argument, nuclear is the better option. It’s just a stupid argument.