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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by carlhjerpe on Monday March 03, 2025 @07:06AM (#43240966)
It's an interesting thing that pro-nuclear people always talk about "Gen X" power plats with no issues and just a big fat gogo stamp on them, but when you ask about any commercial examples they all come up short.

I'm pro nuclear, but I don't think using hypotheticals and futures is how to convince people nuclear is good, it's good because it works and it doesn't poison the planet (Yes there have been accidents and they have been dramatised but count deaths and it becomes as irrational as being afraid of flying)

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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by cogman10 on Monday March 03, 2025 @08:41AM (#43241611)
It takes decades to turn on a new plant which is why you won't see the latest and greatest commercially deployed anytime soon.
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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by rtkwe on Monday March 03, 2025 @09:23AM (#43242015)
Molten Salt reactors are designs from the 60s-70s and afaik no one ever built on commercially. No one was willing to take a gamble on building a new design when we had working reactors already and approval for those was already difficult enough.
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Re:Geothermal power is a climate moon shot beneath our feet by dalyons on Monday March 03, 2025 @10:14AM (#43242517)
AFAIU the corrosion problems are still not solved from a commercial PoV. Ie, without having to shut down and replace piping too often for it too be viable.
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