Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: power shortages Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:55:17 +0100 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <4oqluipf8tsspfkm695dhtnde9q6pj4ui0@4ax.com> <13amuihv6du08897pkbnjooh3qv0re0tga@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net yssx37hDA5rrgDo3bYjbTACaF6aCvcXNMzCra45yKOa52aZ22G X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:ew09Q5i+eY+ZtM8VbdpyJNTEhmw= sha256:k937Dphsq/+LQrDXBfV7rloBiieWvVdKp5nrRdD6srY= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <13amuihv6du08897pkbnjooh3qv0re0tga@4ax.com> Bytes: 2887 On 2024-03-08 16:06, John Larkin wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 12:26:01 +0100, Jeroen Belleman > wrote: > >> On 3/8/24 11:40, Cursitor Doom wrote: >>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:29 +0100, Jeroen Belleman >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 3/8/24 07:40, Jan Panteltje wrote: >>>>> On a sunny day (Thu, 07 Mar 2024 07:13:56 -0800) it happened John Larkin >>>>> wrote in : >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amid-explosive-demand-america-is-running-out-of-power/ar-BB1jtM69 >>>>>> >>>>>> Increasing demand and declining reliable supply could put people in >>>>>> the dark. >>>>> >>>>> Yesterday I was reading Netherlands gov has decided to build 4 new nuclear power plants. >>>>> They still have to find locations for 3, what if next doors?? ?? >>>> >>>> These are planned to be the --now old-fashioned-- Westinghouse >>>> design? Big installations that need ten years to build? >>>> >>>> I wonder if it wouldn't be better to start an industry of >>>> small modular reactors. Tens of megawatts rather than hundreds, >>>> Something that could fit on a barge, or a train, transported >>>> where it's needed, and up and running in months rather than >>>> years. >>> >>> Already in development! >>> >>> https://www.rolls-royce.com/innovation/small-modular-reactors.aspx#/ >> >> Hmm, This comes across as an attempt to seduce investors and >> greenies. Not much substance there. >> >> Jeroen Belleman > > It's inherent that nearly all useful industries were and are funded by > private investment. And I wouldn't expect RR to post their detailed > reactor drawings online. > > You can elect to not invest. > All? Not so, many were funded by governments one way or another. -- Cheers, Carlos.