Oh man, yes. Dream Scenario. It went so very awry when it became clear what it’s actually about.

Even more confusing when you hear that the odds of catching a disease have increased by a %. In many ways odds can be more intuitive, but we’re so used to working with simple probability that it’s a total nightmare to wrap your head around at first.

Well I agree there. I think we should be focusing on renewables, but like I said I think we also need nuclear unless we can solve the energy storage problem.

Thing is this has been said for longer than I’ve been alive, and will probably still be said after I’m dead

I’m not making this argument in the past, I’m making it now.

in the intervening 70-80 years we could have and could be actually building the damn things

Well, they are being built? It’s not like the world has abandoned nuclear power. We need the base load, there’s certainly an argument to use some nuclear, but the safety and waste issues mean it shouldn’t really ever be our only way to generate power, at least until some of those problems are solved. Modern reactors are much safer than they once were, but as I said before - the fossil fuel situation is immediate and pressing. I’m not sure I disagree with anyone who made this argument in the past - renewables are a faster way to convert away from fossil fuels. It’s more pressing now than ever, but it isn’t a new problem and it’s been urgent for a long time. Just because we failed to solve it before doesn’t mean we should throw the baby out with the bathwater. What’s your reasoning to focus on nuclear rather than renewables today?

The energy problem we have isn’t beyond my lifetime, it’s now. There is a finite amount of investment available for new energy projects, and if we pour it into nuclear that means 10+ years of continuing with present usage of fossil fuels. Obviously I know noone is suggesting we do only nuclear, but the point remains that renewables projects can be completed sooner and cheaper. Even if we continue to use nuclear to support the base load and decide to develop some level of capability beyond what exists today, the majority of investment should go to renewables.

SMRs also produce significantly more waste for the amount of power generated.

It’s sort of too late for nuclear though. They take years to build and cost a fortune. The time to invest in nuclear power on a large scale was probably 10 years ago (although, was it as safe then? I don’t know)… Right now we need answers that get us away from fossil fuels much, much quicker. Nuclear may still be a part of the picture, but renewables are more pressing.

Musk continues to demonstrate loud and clear that he is none of the things he claims to be.

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The probability is 1 but that does not mean that it will happen. There is a set of options where it does not happen. It happens “almost surely”.

Oooof. I feel like trying to figure out what’s wrong with some regex I didn’t write is much harder than writing it myself personally.

No Peter, this isn’t an electron, this is the power of the sun

All the cool people will be right there with you my friend. Well, almost all, anyway.

Wikipedia on Larus marinus, or the great black-backed gull:

The scientific name is from Latin. Larus appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird. The specific name marinus means “marine”, or when taken together, “sea gull”.

If that’s not a seagull I don’t know what is.

They were going to say “bigger than Jesus” but it was deemed too controversial.

There’s one small community on Reddit that just doesn’t exist here. Well, it does, but there’s like 5 members lol. If it weren’t for that I’d jump ship entirely. I am thinking maybe I’ll find a separate specific forum just for that one topic…

I’ve met a British man taller than that! This is all lies!

Ah, yes. Of course. I understand your frustration entirely because of my deep understanding of the specific situation.

Ah but don’t forget, we in the UK left the EU. Bo Jo already considered invading the Netherlands once.

Everything comes from stars including oxygen, duh.