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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by HPsquared on Sunday October 31, 2021 @01:47PM (#29058783)
You "just" need to maintain a redundant backup fossil-based energy supply system that is not used 99% of the time, simple!
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by hackernudes on Sunday October 31, 2021 @05:28PM (#29060625)
What about nuclear instead of fossil fuel and Bitcoin mining for the redundant time?
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by vanattab on Sunday October 31, 2021 @03:12PM (#29059466)
Simple to say. Not simple to implement in practice and in a competitive environment. It is very hard for CEO to justify massive spending on something that has oy a 1:2000 chance or something in any given year.
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Re:All Applications for Nuclear Energy at COP26 Rejected by sva_ on Sunday October 31, 2021 @04:02PM (#29059894)
I believe the person you replied to was being sarcastic
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