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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: power shortages
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2024 19:55:17 +0100
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On 2024-03-08 16:06, John Larkin wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 12:26:01 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
> <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:
> 
>> On 3/8/24 11:40, Cursitor Doom wrote:
>>> On Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:29 +0100, Jeroen Belleman
>>> <jeroen@nospam.please> 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
>>>>> <jl@997PotHill.com> wrote in <h8mjui5kf50de3tkplpf1e12k12r8dgl58@4ax.com>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.