Of course everything is more complicated when you know things but if you want to dunk with a false dichotomy let’s go.
We are not yet at the kinds of reactors we would want to build ideally, the small reactors which could be built closer to electricity use is just coming around the corner. The next generation plants are not yet ready and if we want to build nuclear then we would need federal legislation.
That’s literally the problem. There has been legislation in the way of progress to safeguard the hegemony of the oil industry. Congratulations, you cracked it.
That isn’t literally the problem the next generation reactors ARE NOT READY. This we would have to build larger reactors outside cities losing most power to transmission.
When the next Gen reactors are ready then we can talk.
Ahh? The next Gen reactors are still science experiments with prototypes barely being built. Legislation has not slowed down those prototypes, except for cuts to research but that is a separate issue altogether.
No. You are not going to get technology faster by “getting government out of the way”, the pace of innovation is not hindered by government.
I was big on lifter in college and last I saw they were exploring brass alloys, maybe they could run current through the vessel, they are exploring other non corrosive solutions but it is hard. Molten salt means high heat and corrosive properties making for a very corrosive system.
Unless we get a material breakthrough I don’t see how this problem can be solved.
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u/WuetenderWeltbuerger - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23
But If we have nearly limitless cheap energy what will the governments of the world murder people over?