#EnergyPoverty. One pound of uranium ($48) has enough thermal energy to power the average North American's total energy consumption (100% all forms of energy consumed)--for 100 years. Fission releases 6 orders of magnitude more useful energy than combustion.
https://twitter.com/ericbahn/status/1604910327606284288
New nuclear power plants can't get financing because the power buyers need them to shut down whenever the Wind is Blowing. We live in the Second Age of Sail. Absurdities abound. 
Nuclear power produces orders of magnitude more Useful Energy with orders of magnitude fewer material inputs, than any engine ever devised by humans.
So much so, that nuclear power has no natural constituency but there are many natural constituencies against it. open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
One of the biggest problems with investing in new baseload resources are the out-of-control market distortions caused by wind - solar politics. open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
This leaves us with Floober (random Uber) that's backed up by a now highly-inefficient Uber service that must curtail (but still be available on standby--who pays for that?) in case the wind stops blowing. open.substack.com/pub/bfrandall/…
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