Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I love nuclear but this new battery tech has me super excited

  It increases the viability of renewable energy sources (especially solar) which makes me hella happy

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  • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I love nuclear

    I’m not trying to be a dick but could you explain why?

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    • capital@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not who you asked but look at France’s energy mix compared to the US.

      Imagine where the US could be today regarding emissions if we had kept up with nuclear this whole time.

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      • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I totally get that but that ship has sailed with renewables being way cheaper now.

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    • blaue_Fledermaus@mstdn.io ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      @IchNichtenLichten
      Not OP, but why not love it? It's one of the cleanest, greenest, safest, and efficient power sources we have.
      @Gormadt

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      • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is exactly why I love nuclear

        And who can forget the classic, “Where is the waste from fossil fuels? Take a deep breath, it’s in your lungs. Where is the waste from nuclear power? Where we store it.”

        Yes their have been disasters but the waste from those are tracked, in a specific location, and can be cleaned up. The default state of fossil fuels hits every living breathing thing on Earth.

        And even factoring in the impact from disasters nuclear is still the safest. And we have even safer designs for reactors nowadays then the reactors that had those disasters.

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      • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Sure, I get that. My priorities are clean energy that is as cheap as possible and nuclear just can’t compete on cost.

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• Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Won’t nuclear techy bros use the nuclear energy bits and put them into the sodium thingies to keep them juiced up?

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, I’m not sure why this would be an argument against nuclear power. Does the person above think these batteries are self-charging?

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    • Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Probably it’s one of those people who didn’t do much in school aside from looking cool

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