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  • frezik@midwest.socialtohmmm@lemmy.worldhmmm
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    2 days ago

    See, I watch Adam Something videos from the point of view that he’s not really talking about America. He’s talking about European politicians looking at terrible ideas from America and trying to replicate them.

    This is a pretty good example. America wouldn’t do this, exactly, but it’s a step towards our terrible bike infrastructure. The other poster had the right of it: in America, the sign wouldn’t be there at all, but the intersection would still be badly designed.




  • No way they’re replacing the bigger ones, like the Moskva. That one was built in a yard that’s now in Ukraine, and Russia hasn’t gotten that part back. Even if they did, Ukraine hadn’t really maintained it.

    It was also launched in 1979, and they haven’t built anything that size since the USSR fell.

    They’d have to rebuild the infrastructure needed to build the ship. These losses are irreplaceable.





  • Nuclear is nothing bog standard. If it was, it wouldn’t take 10 years. Almost every plant is a boutique job that requires lots of specialists. The Westinghouse AP1000 reactor design was meant to get around this. It didn’t.

    The experts can stay where they are: maintaining existing nuclear power.

    Renewables don’t take much skilled labor at all. It’s putting solar panels on racks in a field, or hoisting wind blades up a tower (crane operation is a specialty, but not on the level of nuclear engineering).


  • Then we just move the problem. Why should we do something that’s going to take longer and use more labor? Especially skilled labor.

    Money is an imperfect proxy for the underlying resources in many ways, but it about lines up in this case. To force the issue, there would have to be a compelling reason beyond straight money.

    That reason ain’t getting to 100% clean energy in a short time. There is another: building plants to use up existing waste rather than burying it.





  • No, you just pay out the nose up front.

    If I had money to invest in the energy sector, I don’t know why I should pick nuclear. It’s going to double its budget and take 10 years before I see a dime of return. Possibly none if it can’t secure funding for the budget overrun, as all my initial investment will be spent.

    A solar or wind farm will take 6-12 months and likely come in at or close to its budget. Why the hell would I choose nuclear?