Bill Gates-backed nuclear contender Terra Power aims to build dozens of UK reactors::A Bill Gates-backed clean energy player is hoping to build dozens of nuclear reactors in the UK and will compete with global rivals.
Rolls Royce SMRs are more likely to get govt support in the UK
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I trust RR to build an SMR more than some tech bros.
They literally grow aerospace parts from crystals
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Well, this Tera Power project is also for SMRs…
SMRs are great for decentralization of the power grid.
Which makes the viability of renewables like wind and solar much more viable, as you can have the reactor for each mini grid throttle down based on current renewable yield, and throttle back up when the sun goes down or the wind stops.
It also means that issues like Texas had in the winter of 2021 would be a lot smaller in magnitude, as having one SMR and renewables go offline would only cause a local power outage, instead of entire cities suddenly being without heat or power.
Why would you get a small unit when you can get big one.
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You can do this but it makes them even more expensive, because you’ve built an expensive plant for operational capacity that you don’t use.
We should be load following with storage, not nukes.
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Why?
Dismissing all ideas of those you don’t like is a stupid idea and leads to you becoming dissociated from the views of the population at large but you do you I guess
At least break ideas down into categories small enough that you form a viewpoint on it to compare to theirs, as it’s near impossible to find a group you agree or disagree with on everything
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If 90% of their ideas are stupid, you’d still be missing out on a tonne of at least ok ideas
Sounds like you’re not paying attention but instead thinking you know best and so there’s no need to pay attention to anything else
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It’s not like you’re looking retrospectively… You sound like a late teen who thinks they’ve got the world all figured out and so have shut everything out, including the things that would make you realise that you actually haven’t
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What research? On how every single idea the Tories have had in the past 13 years has been bad with no redeeming features, as I think at least the one in this post certainly has at least shades of good.
If you are suddenly bringing the original post in after shunning it to moan about politics then it’s not much of a counterpoint as it just goes to show that you’re ignorant to what’s actually going on around you
