Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!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 23:17:19 +0100 Lines: 55 Message-ID: References: <4oqluipf8tsspfkm695dhtnde9q6pj4ui0@4ax.com> <9c9mui5gu262r5u82tmhbrpb09dgtlrchj@4ax.com> <4srmuidnh5fe0h2vs95tojbn9ke75kbp9q@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net YW+n0VlA8NqAp6iyRBri+gcqA8STexNxrSbgQpVUW9hSbvlmsK X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:uVu4+GspBIPQanpjLbIMIDhWE90= sha256:Zf9L7S6OyTwNwyo7d3bT6uVZHsG/K2rBvnDViTIvB+w= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <4srmuidnh5fe0h2vs95tojbn9ke75kbp9q@4ax.com> Bytes: 3052 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. -- Cheers, Carlos.