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Strategies & Market Trends : 2026 TeoTwawKi ... 2032 Darkest Interregnum
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To: TobagoJack who wrote (206923)7/21/2024 2:17:22 AM
From: Maurice Winn1 Recommendation   of 219659
 
No China syndrome is a big improvement given the cost of Chernobyl, Fukushima and the prospect of war targeting nuclear reactors. Fifty years ago I scoffed at the absurd statistics claimed by nuclear reactor proponents that there was a risk of meltdown of only one in 10,000 years.

Wars happen a lot more than once every 10,000 years and things like nuclear reactors are favoured targets. Asteroids happen a lot more than once in 10,000 years. Sabotage and stupidity happen every year. Then there are design, construction, maintenance, and materials quality and production failures. Don't forget earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami.

So a safe system is a better bet.

But it seems likely that the dirty great fusion reactor in the sky is a more reliable lower cost source.

With photovoltaic costs way down it seems likely that the cheapest way of getting electricity is to cover deserts with photovoltaics and store the electricity in 100kg 7 Second Swap Stop stacks of batteries for electric cars. The cars can also store petajoules of electricity.

Surplus could be used to produce hydrogen from water to hydrogenate tarry hydrocarbons into clean burning fuel for airliners, rockets, ships, and what have you. Also to turn bauxite into aluminium. Also to pump water from the ocean and desalt it for irrigation.

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