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I listened to like a hour long show on OPB about these back in June. Seems promising. I recall they were saying you would need a unit the size of a refrigerator for an average home. Would be nice if they could get the energy density up a bit.
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For grid storage, the difference in size isn't that big of a deal. For home storage, I would just build a shed over it if it was an eye sore, or I would tuck it under the stairs closet or in the corner of the garage. If it was a two-thirds the price of a Tesla Powerwall then I'll save the four grand and deal with the bulk, especially if it could last twice as long.
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France's nuclear energy strategy — once its pride and joy — faces big problems this winter
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but also interesting is how they 'frenchified the geometry of the lines', which seems to have created unintended thermal loading by re-designing the line orientation from the original design... so they literally said "hey westinghouse, we're french, we know better, watch this" and now westinghouse gets to say "lol, how's our design now?"
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the answer seems to be more of the fact that the french modified an existing design to suit their design goals, and through an unknown error/design goal, are now paying a significant cost for that in extreme downtime. what i find interesting is that they appear to be only looking to fix/repair the damage, and not re-pipe the system in a way that would address the thermal problem, meaning that all these problems are going to surface again in a number of years, and we'll be having this conversation all over again.
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A full scale rebuild would probably take years, and I have no idea if it is worth it in downtime and worth it if the plants are going to be decommissioned soon anyways. https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-t...-power-plants/
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well considering i'm in the rust belt, i guess i automatically attribute 'corrosion' with environmental effects.
that's generally what does all our vehicles in..
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The quote about “global warming heat waves” causing issues was probably less with corrosion and more with their ability to make repairs and do maintenance.
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This sounds too good to be true, Rondo Energy:
Over 100 year grid storage energy system that has 98% storage efficiency, 20% of the cost of lithium ion batteries and uses no critical compounds.
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Well said. I hope these voices will spread more around the western world instead of those psychopaths that are ruining everything, including the majority of modern cars, and pretend that it's for some bulshit abstract "good for the planet".
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I'm confused, who's the psychopath now?
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Oil is finite, so moving to renewables is necessary. Climate change, pollution, destroying habitats, killing off species, over-fishing, etc...these aren't made up. These are real issues that humans are causing or greatly accelerating. I read today that the US is recycling like 5% of plastic. The world seems to be going to shit real fast and all one side wants to do is put their head in the sand and be bitter about sacrificing the ability to coal roll on people. I just don't get it. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...021-greenpeace On a side note: I've never cared for him reading his own essays. It just doesn't flow.
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