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Electricity/power discussion (forked from The Left Eating Itself II)

Post by Tortoise » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:29 pm

WiseOne wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:02 pm
- The state's electrical grid can't even support normal use during a heat wave. What happens when there's no juice to charge all these electric cars?
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https://babylonbee.com/news/state-with- ... lectricity
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Cortopassi » Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 pm

Tortoise wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:29 pm
WiseOne wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:02 pm
- The state's electrical grid can't even support normal use during a heat wave. What happens when there's no juice to charge all these electric cars?
Relevant:
https://babylonbee.com/news/state-with- ... lectricity
This is by 2035.

1) He will be long gone
2) We'll have some sort of fusion power by then (I hope) and all energy related concerns start disappearing. Or even micro-reactors (https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/what ... croreactor)
3) Battery technology continues to improve constantly. The energy density by 2035 will likely be beyond even the most wild eyed optimist right now.

As long as I can own a personal drone before I die so I can fly around like George Jetson, that's all I'm looking for. :P
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:15 pm

We should be pinning all hope of this succeeding on fusion reactors.

:)
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by l82start » Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:18 pm

Cortopassi wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 12:49 pm


As long as I can own a personal drone before I die so I can fly around like George Jetson, that's all I'm looking for. :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0wLD_02nQ

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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Libertarian666 » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:20 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 4:15 pm
We should be pinning all hope of this succeeding on fusion reactors.

:)
"The longstanding joke about fusion—that it’s the energy source of the future, and always will be—may be the field’s biggest problem.

The quest to bottle the power of the sun has led to countless starry-eyed predictions of an imminent clean energy revolution. But the expectations for fusion have always been outsized, the trail of broken promises has grown long, and public perception has soured."

(https://gizmodo.com/the-real-problem-wi ... 1777994830)

No kidding.

Of course I hope they get it done; it would be great. But there have been way too many broken promises for me to believe it's different this time.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Xan » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:35 pm

It seems like modern designs of fission plants are sufficiently safe to mark that goal as achieved, even if it isn't fusion.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Mark Leavy » Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:48 pm

Xan wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:35 pm
It seems like modern designs of fission plants are sufficiently safe to mark that goal as achieved, even if it isn't fusion.
True
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Cortopassi » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:13 pm

l82start wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 7:18 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz0wLD_02nQ

i know someone who works/worked at the company that did the carbon fiber parts on these.. very cool, i have a picture of me siting in a unfinished one from a tour of the shop...
Wow. I saw that video not long ago. That is exactly what I want!
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Cortopassi » Thu Sep 24, 2020 9:15 pm

Mark Leavy wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:48 pm
Xan wrote:
Thu Sep 24, 2020 8:35 pm
It seems like modern designs of fission plants are sufficiently safe to mark that goal as achieved, even if it isn't fusion.
True
Yeah if not fusion these smaller fission ones. I suspect nuclear will make a comeback when people find you just can't generate everything from solar and wind.
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Re: Electricity/power discussion (forked from The Left Eating Itself II)

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