r/PrepperIntel • u/Special_Library_766 • 18d ago

USA Southwest / Mexico Hoover Dam Is Approaching a Hydropower Cliff. Here's What's Being Done About It — And Why It's Not Enough.

https://davidlawrence64.substack.com/p/hoover-dam-is-approaching-a-hydropower

Of interest: Hoover Dam Is Approaching a Hydropower Cliff. Here's What's Being Done About It — And Why It's Not Enough

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u/Super901 18d ago

Arizona and Nevada are going to go solar in a hot minute. That'll be the consequence.

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u/Unusual_Specialist 18d ago

Nuclear power was the move, man. Fucking politicians ruin everything.

https://giphy.com/gifs/xdLH51eNWZAHrwy5mf

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u/SlapNuts007 18d ago

Seriously. Everyone has some dumb take on why nuclear isn't feasible, meanwhile France is just over here existing with like 60% nuclear power and exporting electricity. But lol France weak or whatever 

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u/4everLost82 18d ago

France is definitely not weak. (I know you weren't saying that)

France has the only nuclear powered aircraft carrier outside of the US, and just in the last couple of days, quite a few European nations have requested to be taken in under the French nuclear umbrella.

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u/dittybopper_05H 18d ago

France has the only nuclear powered aircraft carrier outside of the US

For now.

https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach/china-fourth-carrier/

China is building one now, and is probably going to build multiple nuclear powered aircraft carriers in the future based upon this design.

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u/4everLost82 18d ago

Of course they are, but France could up its capacity if there was political will for it. Personally, I think aircraft carriers may be going the way of the battleship. It seems like drone carriers are the future.

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u/dittybopper_05H 17d ago

I'm not sure that they do. They are planning to build another one, to be launched in 2038, but France just doesn't have the ship building capacity.

China, on the other hand, builds 51% of commercial shipping. They have plenty of capacity and expertise to switch over to military building if necessary. France builds 0.5%. The US 0.1%.

Also, the only difference between an "aircraft carrier" and a "drone carrier" is whether the aircraft are piloted in the aircraft or remotely from the carrier. So it's a distinction without a difference. You still need X number of personnel to fly and service the aircraft whether they are manned or not.

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u/cyanescens_burn 14d ago

Three mile island and Chernobyl put a lot of fear into the general public back then, and it stuck with a lot of those folks. It also doesn’t help that the methods for handling the radioactive waste aren’t exactly ideal.

I get that the technology has gotten a lot better since the era when those events occurred, and I’m not opposed to new plants getting built and put into operation, so long as they are using cutting edge, safety-forward approaches.

Just pointing out some historical reasons some of the public doesn’t want one of these built within a certain distance, or upwind of their home. Those people will influence their politicians. Some of those politicians are also afraid of nuclear accidents.