Clickbaiting heading. The price is still 300% compared to the low in August 2020.
Why is the low of 2020 the right level to benchmark from?
Readit NewsMikeCapone commented on Lithium “shortage” bubble implodes again wolfstreet.com/2023/11/23... · Posted by u/passwordoops
MikeCapone commented on Request: Re-open JPEG XL issue bugs.chromium.org/p/chrom... · Posted by u/blurred
JPEG XL looks like a great format, I hope it takes over.
I get that most bandwidth goes to video, but it would still be nice to have a great modern standard for images.
As a French not expert in the matter but living near nuclear plants:
- one of the plant regularly leaks radioactive material
- rivers are getting too hot to cool down nuclear plants correctly
- nuclear plants are very unreliable, we almost got out of power this winter and next winter will be equally tough (only an abnormally hot winter avoid cuts...)
- the government wants to simplify control organism and laws around building new plants
(References are easy to find if you want confirmation)
I am not against nuclear power, but it has to be done properly and safely, which is certainly not the case around here.
Edit: it seems the fusion (no pun) of regulation organisms has been rejected by the senate. Still annoying to see this law discreetly pass, with no parliament debate outside of the senate, during a political crisis
France has been mismanaging its fleet and signally for years that they want to move away from it, under-investing in it, etc. It's not the technology's fault.
Germany had some of the best managed plants in the world -- until they decided to shut them down, leading to more coal being burned and more dependence on other countries like Russia...
MikeCapone commented on Nuclear power is too slow jackdevanney.substack.com... · Posted by u/jseliger
Go figure when the government owns the reactor and hires technicians to maintain them, they can be built "quickly".
In an earlier post here
> The truly unique feature of US nuclear power is the unlimited power that was given to federal regulators.
> [...] Congress had effectively told the regulator make the rules up as you go. This meant the regulator had no problem changing the rules. A design that was legal at the start of construction, could be declared illegal any time thereafter.
The solution may be that the federal government owns the plant and contracts out the work. Ultimately, the government would have to answer to itself about regulation changes.
It's because the US Navy can just decide to do it without years of red tape and mountains of paperwork. National security cuts through the red tape.
I don't think the government owning civilian reactors would help if they don't reform the process that means it takes 10+ years and millions of pages of documentation to get anything done.
MikeCapone commented on Nuclear power is too slow jackdevanney.substack.com... · Posted by u/jseliger
The US Navy could be quite quick building reactors and innovating, because it didn't have to go through the same amount of regulation. They've operated lots and lots of reactors with very little problems for decades.
MikeCapone commented on Largest EU economy can reach 100% ‘clean energy’ by 2035 rethinkdisruption.com/eur... · Posted by u/doener
How do they deal with variability of all these renewables? Where is all that storage going to come from?
Only realistic path is nuclear, but it'll take longer than 2035.
MikeCapone commented on Vogtle Unit 3 starts nuclear fuel load georgiapower.com/company/... · Posted by u/DisjointedHunt
I'd rather the process not be rushed. These things are supposed to run a very long time, let's get it right.
Agreed if what is taking so long makes a difference.
I suspect a lot of it is red tape without a real benefit...
While in practice it won't change my life much, I like the elegance of using a modern standard with this level of performance an efficiency.