Show threadbs2Nov 11, 2023
> But “ #nuclearrenaissance proponents say we need even more reactors to “combat climate change.”... as reactor construction took off through the 1960s, ‘70s and into the ‘80s, the industry demonstrated an epic reverse learning curve, what #Forbes called in 1985 “the largest managerial disaster in business history, a disaster on a monumental scale.” ...
#SolartopiaGuy #HarveyWasserman
Kevin RussellJul 28, 2023

@GW

Headmaster Putin, principal of the School of Becoming Good Place To Store Tanks, agrees.

"Put all your power in one place, one easy to find place." Hands on hips Putin continues, "With power stations being attacked twice a week by loons with guns in the US , make power centers indefensible even with Major War levels of security."

Waving, Putin promises, "Soon you can have many tanks!"

#climate #nuclear #nuclearpower #nuclearRenaissance

Show threadCory DoctorowJul 15, 2023

Billionaires' big ideas lead us astray in more tangible ways, of course. Writing in *TheConversation*, @johnquiggin asks us to take a hard look at the much ballyhooed (and *expensively* ballyhooed) "#NuclearRenaissance":

https://theconversation.com/dutton-wants-australia-to-join-the-nuclear-renaissance-but-this-dream-has-failed-before-209584

Despite the rhetoric, nukes aren't cheap, and they aren't coming back.

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Dutton wants Australia to join the “nuclear renaissance” – but this dream has failed before

20 years ago, solar and wind were expensive enough to make nuclear seem like an option for Australia. With cheap renewables a reality, there’s simply no point to domestic nuclear.

The Conversation