Post #2772131
2025-12-22 15:30 UTC
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@AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2025-12-22 15:47
Nuclear, in the 1970s. We should have had molten salt reactors worldwide by the 1990s, but the US just sat on the tech, because of permit issues. If I could, I would take all the research that was done on MSRs by the end of the 1970s to then Captain Rickover in 1950.
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@amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-22 15:53
subsidize energy storage solutions that aren't as economically profitable as fossil fuels. like thermal batteries, pumped hydro, etc. most people don't need that much energy during the night, so that is a red herring from the energy companies. the reason why we need this much storage in the first place is because of the infinite growth mindset instead of making industrialists pay for their own shit when they're consuming energy in a race to the bottom. if we banned all the slop products from being made, energy demand would go down exponentially. in a worst case scenario, we could 100% only rely on renewables and deal with the fact that we'll have power outages during sleeping hours. that pill would be much easier to swallow if everyone is sharing the same burden, like during the lockdowns. and for the disabled people that need electricity to stay alive, give them refurbished EV batteries for free, there's already more of them on the market than we could use in a lifetime. same thing for hospitals and essential institutions