The Greening of the Airline Business
02-16-2021, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by SideSticker
Well if you limit youself to such antiquated technologies such as fuel cells and hydrogen power you will indeed not succeed.
Im more interested in compact fusion reactors. Imagine an electric powered a380 with a reactor in the belly. This is the future im excited about.
Im more interested in compact fusion reactors. Imagine an electric powered a380 with a reactor in the belly. This is the future im excited about.
02-17-2021, 06:01 AM
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Actually, there are about 50 nuclear reactors being constructed worldwide right now, with China and India by far building the most of them. About double that number are on order worldwide, along with proposals for up to 300 additional plants around the globe. (currently about 440 active plants worldwide)
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
02-17-2021, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
Actually, there are about 50 nuclear reactors being constructed worldwide right now, with China and India by far building the most of them. About double that number are on order worldwide, along with proposals for up to 300 additional plants around the globe. (currently about 440 active plants worldwide)
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...-f/france.aspx
02-17-2021, 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
Actually, there are about 50 nuclear reactors being constructed worldwide right now, with China and India by far building the most of them. About double that number are on order worldwide, along with proposals for up to 300 additional plants around the globe. (currently about 440 active plants worldwide)
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
Pretty encouraging, really. There's no perfect source of power, but if carbon emission control is your primary goal, nuclear power plants are the only serious game in town.
https://www.world-nuclear.org/inform...worldwide.aspx
https://www.wired.com/story/germany-...ssions-spiked/
02-17-2021, 08:48 AM
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It’s not about sustainable energy capable of producing the massive amounts of power that we consume, it’s about political correctness and virtue signaling. Inefficient sources like wind and solar are good, nuclear is bad. To even question the approved narrative will make you a heretic.
02-17-2021, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by DeltaboundRedux
2 being built in Georgia; the US tends to kick the can down the road ('Merica!) by getting extensions on their operating leases and uprating their power generating capacity. France does the same.
This is why there is absolutely no reason to entertain anyone pushing the climate change initiative.
02-17-2021, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by NuGuy
Reminds me of that Keanu move Chain Reaction.
But irrelevant, people will shift to some other boogie man to advance their agenda.
But irrelevant, people will shift to some other boogie man to advance their agenda.
02-17-2021, 10:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Mesabah
When Vogtle 3&4 go online over the next 18 months, GP will reduce coal consumption plants that emit 20,000 kt of CO2 per year. That's just 2 reactors, which can replace 20% of the US airline's yearly carbon footprint.
This is why there is absolutely no reason to entertain anyone pushing the climate change initiative.
This is why there is absolutely no reason to entertain anyone pushing the climate change initiative.
The Climate Cult doesn't care about the environment at all. Its quite expendable to its overarching goals.
02-18-2021, 04:24 AM
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Originally Posted by gloopy
Unless its really about centralized power consolidation and continued middle class wealth redistribution.
The Climate Cult doesn't care about the environment at all. Its quite expendable to its overarching goals.
The Climate Cult doesn't care about the environment at all. Its quite expendable to its overarching goals.
The fact that the Climate folks are against nuclear, and use the reasoning of highlighting past accidents that occurred with 50+ year old technology does tend to raise eyebrows.
If only we had a safe clean way to produce 1.21 gigawatts!
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