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Why Has Nuclear Power Been a Flop?
Fission versus Fusion for grid-scale energy - does one always win? What about Solar?
Here's my quick breakdown:
Fission Reactors:
- Always higher power density than fusion
- Likely always materially cheaper to construct
- Always more complex fuel... See more
Strongly considering using this article as a detailed example of how not to perform useful deep tech criticism.
I would definitely be leaning into my brand of exquisite technical criticism tone policing, but rounding up four or five armchair critics to say mean things that reveal mostly their own ignorance is not... See more
Casey Handmerx.comAs an example of an impediment, consider the problems of the electric power industry. Given the limited carrying capacity of the atmosphere for burned carbon compounds, the obvious attractor state for the power industry is nuclear power. The simplest path would be to replace coal- and oil-fired boilers with modern third- or fourth-generation
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