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If we accept radical climate change is likely, aren't renewables at risk of being impacted?
Nuclear is the only one we could use without sunlight or wind, and unaffected by the sea or whatever climate there will be. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Again, it was a decent idea 20 years ago... it's just simply too little too late, and unnecessary given the *rapidly* decreasing costs of both renewables and storage. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Oh sorry, I misread it as there not being a lot of pro-nuclear people overall | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Then we might as well use oil or coal. Or just wood and the the fossil fuel alone | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I wouldn't call a fear of nuclear to be irrational. Fukushima wasn't that long ago, nor was Chernobyl for that matter. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
A nuclear fuel life span is 6 years, after that it should be stored forever as nuclear waste. Nuclear power is unprofitable if you count construction costs in tarrifs, that's why it's heavily government subsidized.
Solar panels and wind generators life span is 30 years. https://www.techspot.com/news/103415-three-decade-old-solar-modules-france-retain-remarkable.html | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Yet there are zero examples of a country deep decarbonize with solar, wind and storage. Zero.
So nuclear is still a good idea if you want to remove fossil fuels from the grid. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
There are plenty of examples of countries in the middle of it now, and the projections make it way faster than nuclear.
Also, we really can't use nuclear in unstable countries because of the proliferation and terrorism problems, of which there are a lot. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
From my experience there is far bigger crowd of "We can only do with renewables" which is objectively impossible vs "We can only do with nuclear" which is objectively possible but stupid for obvious economic reasons | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
oh radioactive wild boar? that sounds bad... meanwhile coal use causes over 1,000 deaths in Germany every year. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Nuclear is 17 times more expensive than solar and takes 5 times longer to build. Its no longer economicaly viable. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
>Nuclear is clearly an overpriced dead end technology.
Tell me a carbon neutral source of energy that you can get on demand that isn't nuclear | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Looking at statistics would be useless, because not every unregulated hellhole have nuclear power, but every unregulated hellhole does engage with fossil fuels. It's not a surprise that nuclear power is way safer statistically when the countries that mostly use it are very regulated and take safety seriously (one obvious exception led to a meltdown that rendered an entire region uninhabitable and yet could have been worse).
Now hypothetically put every unregulated hellhole in charge of nuclear power, and you're telling me you're not at all worried about what that might end up looking like? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
>You know renewables will be cheaper in america because of bidens IRA. Do you think trump wouldve done the same to progress renewables?
This is off-topic from our discussion and the news story, so I'm not going answer as it usually just results in a pissing match. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Wind at ground level dies down at night, it typically increases at the height of wind turbines operate at, so turbines are generally most productive during the evening and night. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
So should nuclear be less strictly regulated? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Most large fossil companies have diversified into general energy companies | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Renewable energy share is up massively while fossil fuels and resulting CO2 emissions are down.
So the energy transition is actually going well. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
400 g CO2 per kWh is not going well. It is a failure.
If you built new nuclear while keeping your 17 plants open you would have deep decarbonized. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
So we should keep those regulations? You can't have it both ways. Nuclear, if operated safely, is expensive. Period. That's just how it is. Nuclear is in decline because of high costs and long project lead times, not environmental groups that have never had any real power or influence.
Wind, solar, and batteries installations are accelerating faster than nuclear ever has in the past, and certainly faster than it can now. The question is if money invested in nuclear would be better spent in renewables/storage projects, which is becoming overwhelmingly the case.
The old "but what about baseload" arguments are becoming increasingly irrelevant as battery production ramps up. Electrification of transportation (and vehicle to grid systems) will further accelerate grid storage.
Essentially the only cases I can see for nuclear will be for smaller countries that don't have neighboring electricity import partners where seasonal renewable variations are significant, and potentially to supply desalination. It may be necessary, but it will be more expensive than predominantly renewable grids. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Those regulations are written in blood, though. Not by environmentalists. There are more than a few lead coffins that can attest to the need for caution.
I’m 100% pro nuke power but it’s not quite true that environmentalism is to blame for its demise. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Which is why storage exists.
Do you have any real arguments now or will this just continue? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
If storage exists why is Germany dirty?
Do you have any examples of a country deep decarbonizing or will this just continue? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
>You're acting like the energy transition is complete, which it's not. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Until Germany reaches 50 g CO2 per kWh their nuclear phaseout will be criticized. Which probably means Germany will be criticized indefinitely. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
>Do you have a time machine? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
How about Germany admits they fucked up and build a new nuclear baseload? You don’t need a Time Machine for that. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Probably true, but most countries will be fine skipping nuclear and just relying on solar, wind, batteries, storage and a small amount of peaking plants.
Countries that have harsh winters and low opportunities for wind power, probably need some nuclear.
The world needs nuclear doesn't mean it's the best option for every country to make deep cuts to emissions. Mainly since nuclear is a much more expensive option. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
> build a new nuclear baseload?
And why would you do that now? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
There's a big exclusion zone, but it's not particularly radioactive in either case - 0.14uSv/hr in Chernobyl, compared to 0.1 uSv/hr normally. Taking a flight is 4 uSv/hr, for reference | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Modern nuclear is excellent and pairs well with renewable energy and storage. We just need to build well. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
To be clear, this is not an exchange of pithy comments. You abandoned your argument when you resorted to sarcasm. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
What makes you feel so strongly? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
There was a company building large catapults to launch capsules to space. Maybe we can use that to yeet large ass crystals off of earth. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
I hope that they find a sustainable process for it. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
You are aware that replacing coal is an continuous process happening with each new wind turbine and solar? Yes, the political theatre around the nuclear exit in the last two decades and strategic opposition hindered an earlier transformation. However, going with nuclear, *right now* we would have to tolerate 400g COe quite a while longer. Also I'm quite sure the 400g is not the right amount for 365 days time frame | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Drinking water that contains radiation puts you into risk of getting cancer even at low doses.
Technical its impossible to completely remove radiation from water. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
I feel like we skipped a few steps in the tech tree and hit nuclear too early in the game | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
interesting, literally never heard | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
A new nuclear powerplant is being built in Sweden which will provide about 20% of the energy capacity when finished. It will be the biggest in Europe. Just imagine what a couple of those can do for any country | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
I think you are overestimating how many power plants are being built with a cavaliere attitude towards corner cutting.
Like, nuclear engineers take that shit VERY seriously. Least of all because they are under excessive scrutiny. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
It'll be a decade before you see long haul electric trucking for a lot of reasons. It'll be a gradual transition from city trucking to intercity to interstate. There's no telling what the engineered solution will end up being (hot swapping batteries, shorter ranges, autonomous cargo delivery, etc). Worrying about what the charging station will look like at this point isn't necessary because the logistic infrastructure hasn't been determined. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Depends. Probably the owners, but the main issue with nuclear power is that is very unfairly treated. Nuclear companies essentially actually pay the costs involved (with exceptions for Fukushima like events), whereas coal and oil are heavily subsidized by not having to follow similar regulations on ensuring that any harmful effects are neutralized. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
We'll call it NP2, spend 3x as much as budgeted on it, then cancel it before the reactor is even in. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Nuclear engineers (and the specialized civil engineers) taking it seriously also means it is a bigger and longer lasting project with more time needed than an airport or major train station. Decide what your argument is. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Dont worry, I heard from a good source on the science reddit a few years back about SOLAR FREAKIN ROADWAYS! | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
No. I’m pretty sure what my arguement is. I just think I’m up against someone grasping at straws. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
What the fuck are you saying ? Nuclear release less CO2 per kWh than wind, by keeping nuclear you would have been lower than 400g
Look at the stat in France, why would it be worse.
And if you don't trust sources, what's the point believe what you want, I guess from your ansSr that you still believe cloud from nuclear are pure co2 | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
I've read that China has been building reactors in around 5 to 7 years. what do you think about that? Do you know if that includes planning time? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
quick question? if we have heaps of operational nuclear plants fulfilling the energy needs of a country? would the grid shut off if attacked and where would the fissile material go?? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
I’m not pulling a strawman. I personally 100% only wish to watch the world die so if can go be a mad max warlord. But you are the first to at least give me an answer on what countries you are cool dumping waste in. So for that I give you a gold star ⭐️✨ | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Well you can't really do that in an equal way either, because renewables dont generate nearly as much energy as coal. Renewables at the moment just cant generate as much power as "conventional" means and wont make up a big enough share of the power supply pie to make a big enough impact. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
...and with nuclear it will be even slower .. because that money could be spent on building more per dollar of wind, solar and storage.
If nuclear was cheap and fast to build out .. we would never have built coal plants in the first place. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
it would take an average of 200w to power a car for the average UK driver, which comes out to 14,000 mw. Depending on the size of the plants, 6 seems fairly accurate. The nuke by me puts out 2,250 mw.
Edit, this is assuming 1 car per person which I realize might be a bit much for the UK. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Which is a cost, which also has a limited life span, so you need massive over capacity (as wind/solar is about 40% efficient based on capacity) AND the storage, which if chemical needs to be replaced after 20 or so years, same with solar panels and wind turbines. Nuclear is great for baseload. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
So do you honestly believe that all the researchers don't know this? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
Know and accept are not the same thing, there is a "moral" pressure against nuclear power, Germany, shut down perfectly fine reactors due to political pressure, not actual safety, I got banned from r/energy for being pro-nuclear, not breaking any rules, just because I had the wrong opinion. It's not about facts it's about feelings. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
That’s just false. The same amount of money spent on renewables for that 8 years will get you vastly more GWh of power , be available sooner, and thus save us more carbon.
If it costs twice as much, you get half as much of it. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-18-06 |
China is decarbonizing faster than almost anyone. They added more solar last year than the us has built in total, ever. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-18-06 |
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There's also the Taliban! | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
In order to back something it has to be factual reality, this is just a belief i will say this here ukraine will never join nato and there will be compromises on both sides to end this war personnally it will end on russian terms for the most part i mean nobody gonna force russia to surrender ukraine can't and never will | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-17-06 |
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Orange Jr basically admitted to it out loud
https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-jr-said-money-pouring-in-from-russia-2018-2 | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
His voters don't need a compelling reason. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
> Afaik this is usually because he basically indiscriminately backs people as long as they share his views, and come off as a 'peoples person' instead of a career politician.
When he's backing two or more candidates per election, the result that the majority of the candidates he backs do not win is not surprising. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
There's no pee video, like he would even care if there was. His supporters don't care if some Russian prostitute peed on him. He does this for Putin because he admires him and also because he's clearly sold out American assets overseas to Putin which if Putin kept evidence might actually have some mild effect on his popularity. I don't think Republicans would care he killed American spies, but Independents might care a little | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Most goes right back to paying US contractors who play a role in the conflict, so in a big way, it’s a handout to ourselves. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Why is everyone assuming there’s going to be a normal transition of power if he wins? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
What do you expect from a Russian? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
>I personally expected the CIA to initiate a OP to assassinate the President... cause no one fucks with the Military Industrial Complex. Like Trump did.
CIA doesn't have that level of raw power anymore. Trump back then had pretty widespread support in the military too. If there was an attempt on trumps life by the CIA, the military would know about it, and if it was successful we'd probably would have seen *quite* a lot of events taking place on CIA training zones, or people just ruining CIA operations for the hell of it. Government employees in the modern age are *very* spiteful, and the whole federal agency thing is such a convoluted mess, its literally childs play to leak some classified shit out of spite for even a low level grunt. (See thugshakers and that whole fiasco, although that wasn't for revenge afaik, but you get my point)
Now adays, obviously im not too sure about that. Trump still has good support of the military, and again, CIA is a toothless worm compared to the JFK days. But you get my point.
>cause no one fucks with the Military Industrial Complex. Like Trump did.
Fucking with the MiC indirectly is literally who fucking cares. Their budgets are snug and secure every year within the US defense budget and thats all Northam/Boeing/Raytheon has ever cared for. theres a reason why the MiC makes billions a year regardless of whether or not we are at peacetime. The only difference between then and now is Ukrainian/NSA/CIA dudes get to sit in a theater room with freshly buttered popcorn watching russian/Ukrainians (Depending on flavor of war footage being screened) turned into a fine mist, or watching tanks just get dabbed on by drones or Javelins at a distance.
the most mad trump ever made a fed was when the tax code basically moved a bunch in government up a bracket, and even then all they did was grumble angrily and return to their office.
As much as reddit and social media at large dreams of a trump assassination, theres just no world where its gonna happen, let alone from the CIA or any other alphabet agency. If it didn't happen in 2016-2020, it sure as shit isn't gonna happen in a theoretical 2024-2028 | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
He wants to hand Ukraine over to Putin on a silver platter.
The last time a major world power tried to appease a dictator, we got fucking WW2. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
You obviously live in Candyland because you're not convincing Russia to stop when they feel like they're winning in attrition.
Gaza could end when Hamas (terrorists) surrender and stop using Palestinians as propaganda pawns.
A lot of people would stop dying if bad guys stopped being bad. Crazy I know but that's why they're bad. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Best of luck champ | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Don't forget the cronies! | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Don't forget to vote Democrat down ballot, too. The Putin Caucus in Congress would hang Ukraine out to dry in a heartbeat. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I believe they signed a defense agreement. But there’s really nothing forcing Trump to honor the terms of that agreement if he gets elected. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Can any conservative actually give a reason for how this benefits the US and its interests that isn’t “my head is full of bees”? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Just appease Hitler and let him take Czechoslovakia , surely he will stop there. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I think he did kill American spies | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
My hovercraft is full of eels. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I think they just keep him around so they can do what they want without being blamed for it. Like how Tony kept Junior Soprano around. Sometimes he causes trouble, but he's a useful idiot most of the time | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
It's a dog whistle to Putin to have his army of hackers rig the election. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
And Russia gained a bunch of ground that Ukraine can't get back now | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Just like to remind everyone that we were *certain* he wouldn't win last time and there were *tons of polls* confirming that.
Just vote. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Looking to have the propaganda from the outside turned up. Russian, North Korean, etc, etc. Any Country that wants the US to become a quagmire like those Countries. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Those things are all bad, but at the end of the day we have a chance to take a real stab at a major christofascist element and after a lifetime of hostility and our rights being attacked by that shit, causing some damage to it sounds pretty good.
We have putin by the balls and we should squeeze them into raisins. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
> I wonder how he feels being between the reality of the situation, and the leader of his party who’s planning to abandon allies and side with authoritarians around the globe.
He'll side with Trump | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Must be eager for Putin's check to clear. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
He never planned on winning. He planned on stealing the seat of power with the help of the entire GOP. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Trump registered MAGA just after coming back from holding the Miss USA pageant in Russia in 2012. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Not to mention updating our arsenal. Ukraine is doing the US and the whole world a tremendous service, using our worst equipment, which allows us to see Russia’s best equipment on display. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
This is such a confusing thing for so many people - I hate trump and I am terrified by the authoritarianism.
However, among other key issues, anti-war has always been one of my most critical concerns. No other candidate besides Jill Stein is suggesting we stop providing support to Ukraine, so am I supposed to vote for this fascist? I just want to stop feeding the industrial complex. Give me healthcare, affordable housing, reduced tuition costs…write me a check even.
I wish we had an anti-war voice as a viable alternative. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
That's pretty public, don't need security briefings to see that. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
It's weird no leader had given a plan to what a Ukraine victory looks like and by when. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
A lot of it does get fed back into the military industrial complex, that's why the war has such bipartisan support, billions are also literally just stolen
Shooting billions of dollars in cash into the ether sounded like such a good idea too, I don't know where it went wrong | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I hear his favorite app aside from twitter/X is the russian learning track on duolingo. | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
I still find it insane that the US went from "conservatives will lynch anyone if there's even a *rumour* they're sympathetic towards Russia" to "conservatives actively doing everything they can to support Russia's tyrannical invasion and expansion". | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
Right...
You okay? | r/worldnews | comment | r/worldnews | 2024-16-06 |
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