I can believe it; but if this is the case, AI/Crypto will have plenty to work with.
I do have to wonder about the effects of natural disasters though.
i only made thru about 2 minutes of it. It had the feel of a grift, “just give me 4k you make 106k.”
Goes on and on like ad infinitum yahoo click bait stories.
It’s nuclear energy 2.0.
Got a buddy who forwards this kind of stuff regularly. He’s one of those people who’s addicted to gambling futures contracts on the market (reasonably successful…gets paid about $5/ hr to constantly follow the market). These vids generally go on for about 45 minutes. Similar for anyone who has ever attended to the timeshare presentations where you were promised a free microwave etc. Something about the human psyche where our common sense can resist an argument for about 45 minutes…after that resistance fades and we become putty ready to be molded into whatever customer scam they’re pushing. If they can only hold on to our attention for 45 minutes…we’ll pull out the checkbook.
@bluenose
If SMR’s are the gig, then, all the transmission lines would have to be revamped or replaced as well. I think these might be used for heavy draw, such as cryptos, etc., to get them off the main lines. IDK.
Rickards might be right about this. We have to do something. There are huge populations moving into Texas, and on a 100 degree day, I don’t think grid here can take it. It’s not a bad idea for geologically stable ground.
SMRs maybe…‘free energy’ generators…maybe that too. People aren’t so very dumb they can forever avoid realizing 'OH, the tic tacs aren’t using fossil fuels…where’s the power coming from?"
For sure the energy grid that is currently up and running is of the 1930’s design and is in desperate need of an upgrade. Nothing will get upgraded until they can sell the public on the next great thing, after they have already spun up the businesses and have total control of the build.
This has the feel of the sales portion of the grift.
Micro Nuclear should have been implemented back in the 80’s once the tech for a nuke plant was significantly reduced in size, or could be i should say. If we would have implemented this micro nuclear approach, think neighborhood size reactors completely encased in Lead, we would never have had to burn a gram of coal ever again. Of course then you have deal with the spent fuel, but if that’s what your focusing on then it seems to be we can figure it out. Enough smart people in a room, with every thing they could need, food, friends, entertainment, etc etc, should be sufficient.
There are several universities in the US that have up and running smaller reactors. This one was built in 1972. While a research reactor, the premise is simple, make it smaller.