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In response to "Apparently emerging SMR technology helps deal with that issue too, according to the link Beaker shared. -- (edited)" by znufrii

I'd rather risk a solar spill or wind leakage than rely on systems (run to maximize profit) to prevent deadly accidents

Posted by TWuG Oct 29 '21, 11:15

Also, wind and solar can go down in pieces without overly affecting the whole. A coal/gas/nuclear plant goes down, the risk of the grid going down is a lot higher.

I think the answer is distributed power production and storage. A lot less risk, and a lot more resilient.

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solar and wind can't be used as baseload. You have to have oil/gas/hydro.nuclear -- nm - Beaker Oct 29, 11:37 3
- You don't. For wind/solar you also need storage. - TWuG Oct 29, 11:39 2
  - Just zap the extra around the circuits continuously like Snowpiercer. -- nm - Full Size Candy Baron Oct 29, 12:05 1
    - That’s…not how electricity works? -- nm - znufrii Oct 29, 12:08
You're not wrong, but if 40 years of anti-nuclear-protest had been applied to climate change instead, maybe we'd be in a better place. - Beryllium Oct 29, 11:18

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I'd rather risk a solar spill or wind leakage than rely on systems (run to maximize profit) to prevent deadly accidents

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