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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by pydry on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:29AM (#38805267)
>That's great, but it's been proven these smart systems are very hard to roll out, no matter how much you try to say it's cheaper

I thought the opposite was proven. E.g. When Germany produced a lot of variable output electricity they varied aluminum smelting rates accordingly. That was highly effective and not generally expected.

There's tons of low hanging fruit like that but if you listen to carbon or nuclear lobby propaganda theyre insistent that the only thing that can solve the problem is more lithium than exists in the entire world.

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Re:First new U.S. nuclear reactor since 2016 is now in opera... by internetter on Friday December 29, 2023 @02:06PM (#38808924)
I'm talking specifically on an individual level. I'm not as versed in the industrial side of things as I should be, and sure, if we as a nation (I live in the US) came together and said "let's fix the overconsumption issues" we could do it practically overnight, but the reality is that to fix every home requires an absurd upfront investment very little people are willing to fund. Systematic change is hard. We're working on it, but it's hard.
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