Subj : Re: EVs
To   : Gamgee
From : Spectre
Date : Wed Oct 18 2023 22:31:00

 Ga> Fairly true, but in the long run is probably cheaper.

Apparently not... at least for some ~50 years of operation.. the up front
costs outweigh any saving in actual power generation for a large proportion
of your traditional reactors operational life.  Sabine Hossenfelder popped
out an interesting video on it recently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kahih8RT1k

One of the other things that popped up was if we turn heavily to fission
based generation we only have sufficient fuel for a very limited time.. 10-20
years worth of uranium.

 Ga> Probably true, and the solution to that is simply..... education.  I would
 Ga> think the eco-fanatics would be leading the way on that, but somehow ....
 Ga> even they lack education.

Not sure education is sufficient to overcome greenwashing of nuclear anything
being "Baaahhhhhd".  Unfortunately education is probably still going to scare
some proportion of the population off the idea as well.  Greenies, especially
modern ones seem to be less interested in science and education, compared to
blindly following some crackpot, or crackpot ideas. Its obtained something of
a religious fervor.

Spec


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