Rushing regulatory for a construction project where failures are as severe as they can potentially be with nuclear is beyond deranged.
Getting to the timelines you’re mentioning would require a mature nuclear industry with standardized builds, something which would take more than a decade to develop, at a steep premium.
Again, I support any investor willing to go there to do so, but there’s a good reason none do - these things quite simply do not pencil out.
Allow existing nuclear to keep operating? Yes
Allow new nuclear to be built, assuming the constructors fully finance and assume the risk of the project themselves? Also yes
Subsidize nuclear over renewables? No
Allow nuclear to be used as a wedge for the fossil fuel propaganda machine to keep their emissions going, since building nuclear takes decades and costs far more than renewables, displacing potential investment in renewables? Not a chance in hell
I have nothing ideological against nuclear, but it is way overdue that nuclear boosters face the music and acknowledge what role the technology is having in the political landscape at the moment.
Fairly uncommon, sadly
Just when I thought I couldn’t like him more, he goes and drops this gigabased rant.
TC for U.S president honestly
To be clear, I’m not encouraging getting that device, just saying - anyone owning a Tesla having their rug pulled once more could pursue alternative means as opposed to forking up a fun amount of money for what seems to be a pretty shit feature, all things considered.
Seems like you can run OpenPilot on it, giving you back these features without a subscription.
So that would be an option for anyone reluctantly owning a Tesla
Fwiw, Komoot was acquired by Bending Spoons, who promptly laid off most of the staff.
For anyone who opened this link in the GitHub mobile app and got confused, make sure to read from the very beginning of the comment thread - the mobile app only shows the very last comments, which cuts out the actual interesting part.
Imagine not having an aerodynamic house. 0/10
I’m not anti-nuclear, as is beyond clear from the post I wrote.
I even spelled out in my post that we should keep the ones that exist running.