Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr3.iad1.usenetexpress.com!69.80.99.27.MISMATCH!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 22:56:47 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: power shortages Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:56:47 -0800 Message-ID: References: <4oqluipf8tsspfkm695dhtnde9q6pj4ui0@4ax.com> <9c9mui5gu262r5u82tmhbrpb09dgtlrchj@4ax.com> <4srmuidnh5fe0h2vs95tojbn9ke75kbp9q@4ax.com> User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 64 X-Trace: sv3-KImVx8P5aAHacjcw0NMTdnPdztFTW1DR4rdkJuLNKS1oQdp+F9T9OABXSMcPiDLQv2K1KuYjKLunhhz!u3ngMiAp+jXULwzo6yk+ZqlpL6llWfypoJqxtrPJShp1Gt+3Zk+RoTQv19X+bSARHJK+8vOz9TIY!xLaT+Q== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3957 On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 23:17:19 +0100, "Carlos E.R." wrote: >On 2024-03-08 21:06, john larkin wrote: >> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:56:48 +0100, "Carlos E.R." >> wrote: >> >>> On 2024-03-08 16:01, John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Fri, 08 Mar 2024 10:40:26 +0000, 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#/ >>>> >>>> It's really not a technical problem. The public has an irrational fear >>>> of radiation. >>> >>> Gosh, it is a very rational fear. >>> >>> >> >> Stay away from mountains and airplanes and your own cellar. Don't ever >> eat bananas or potatoes. >> >> > >I don't. I love flying and mountains. Not a problem. I also eat potatoes >frequently. The number of cancers caused by non-Russian reactors is about zero. Coal power plants emit maybe 10x the radiation per KWH compared to nukes. Plus a lot of other nasty stuff. What's shocking is that cigarettes are legal. They kill about half a million peope in the US every year. A deal was cut to keep them legal, with the states and feds getting a lot of tax revenue to kill people.