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But the political/internet/pendant climate is very different these days as well. People are very strongly demanding that Uber not restart self-driving research because of a single death.
Uber admittedly has some issues(imo, all current self-driving tech has some inherent issues presently being fledgling tech on public streets), but one fatality shouldn't be what stops research progress. There is much to learn and fatalities are going to happen along the way. It's literally how safety code and insurance regulations have been made for decades. But self-driving has been touted to reduce deaths, so the public demands 0 deaths, and criticizes injuries. In this day and age, the impact it's going to have on how companies are 'allowed' to persue advancements are going to be heavily skewed against them in every case that someone gets hurt.
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Eventually this argument is going to be obvious that the Autopilot tech is vastly superior. It already is. It just isn’t obvious.
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https://www.nuscalepower.com/benefits/safety-features Watch these. Nuclear fusion would obviously solve this problem, but we don’t have that yet, and I don’t know if we should be eliminating nuclear fission. There is a large investment, but it would be worth it. I would like to see a not-for-profit government utility from nuclear that provides cheap, clean energy.
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I didn't discount fission. And I agree that CO2 emissions need to be controlled. I think between solar, wind, geothermal, and hydrogen, fission has a place. Just that nuclear waste management and acquisition/operation costs need to be justified.
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https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/s...n-salt-reactor This article mentions one company is backed by Bill Gates, so there is some credibility by association. https://www.terrapower.com/ The great thing is that solar and wind have dramatically come down in price, which is great. The price makes them cheaper than coal per MWh. The problem with solar and wind that is often lamented is the inconsistency with their output because when it isn’t sunny and when it isn’t windy they aren’t generating anything, which means it can take a lot more units to meet the needs of the grid. Moreover, fossil fuels can be turned up or down easy, but excess solar and wind can’t, which is one reason why we need batteries. Burning natural gas is cleaner than coal, but all of this is avoidable. Nuclear is just a much more dependable energy source. We could store excess energy from nuclear in batteries and hydrogen fuel. This is an inconvenient truth: Quote:
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IIRC people in Fukushima didn't die cause of the plant, they died cause of the earthquake and the tsunami it caused
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