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Dec 9 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
Imagine 1970s energy policy being orders of magnitude better than 2020s energy policy. See any windmills, solar panels, or unnecessary transmission? Me, neither. See Nordstream 1 or 2? Nope.
Do you see France having to mine to the center of the earth? Yea, me, neither.🤷‍♂️
Do you see any kind of "taxonomy" boondogle? Hydrogen pipelines that can't possibly work according to any material science engineer? Nope. uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/madrid-pa…
Do you see any absurd ammonia-energy deals that use way more energy than they can ever produce and have no business case? 🤷‍♂️ Nope. open.substack.com/pub/doomberg/p…
A 2.54 cm ball of uranium weighs 1 pound (0.45 Kg). Today's spot price is $48.
Utilizing fast-spectrum technology, that's enough fuel to power 100 years of the average North American's power-hungry life.
#NuclearPower #GreenEnergy #ClimateEmergency #CarbonNeutral
h/t @science_church
When less is less: $48 over 100 years doesn't add much corporate profit or make many campaign contributions. For further reading: open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
Ever heard of a Rube Goldberg Machine? Ever want to see a really big one? 1.2.3. 100% unnecessary because 4. works best all by itself. Germany wrecked 17 nuclear reactors because of 1.2.3. + 18 Lignite plants.
If 2022 energy policy makes no sense to you, it's because it's not supposed to make sense to you. It was written by gaZprom and such because $48 for 100 years of energy doesn't make sense to them. open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
source: @MartianManiac1
Republished this thread on Substack. Free. Subscribe. Share. Just doing my part to leave a better Civilization for my grandkids. Join with me. open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…

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Reasonably accurate article but who can spot the absolutely ridiculous lie that's parroted millions of times over as truth? cnbc.com/2021/11/20/ill…
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Hydrogen has been panned lately, primarily due to challenges with storage and transportation. Distributed, Small-Modular-Reactor-based H2 generation (and O2 production) solves many of these challenges. No pipelines. No Ships.
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Storing electrical energy is a Rube Goldberg Machine. Nuclear Power thermal heat storage, by contrast, is the lowest-cost, most powerful battery on the planet. Natrium Reactor.
I have written about this topic here: open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
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Are waste solar panels hazardous waste under US law (my core competency)🧵
First: This is not legal advice. If you paid a lawyer, first answer you'd get is:
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The spot price of 1 pound of uranium today: $41.30. That's all the energy you'd need for your whole life.
But the natural constituencies against nuclear power, to date, have won. Let’s band together and fight the good fight.
If you want to get involved, contact @Andrejjjjwww
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