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haqqaton on 19 December 2016
numberwang said:
haqqaton said:

Here in Brazil we have a beach that is more radioactive than Chernobyl. Not a problem, really. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvgAx1yIKjg

 In fact, Chernobyl level is almost normal level when compared to a lot of cities.

I really can't attest that it's true but according to some there are families living in Chernobyl since like a month after the accident. They even show some of them on the documentary.

The video shows 50 uSv/h which is equivalent of getting 5-10 dental radiographs (which are about 5-10 uSv) for every hour at that beach. That is quite hot...

Wow! Really? Then I think I won't go there xD



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Azuren on 20 December 2016
Ka-pi96 said:
Azuren said:

Well, meltdowns rarely happen. The problem with it happening in Japan a few years ago is because it was next to a body of water. To avoid this, we would need to find a different way to power places near water. 

Chernobyl isn`t all that near water though.

And I know things rarely happen at Nuclear power plants. But there`s always the chance of something going wrong, and when it comes to nuclear energy when it goes wrong and can go really really wrong, and who really wants to live near something like that?

Who says anyone has to live near it? Chernobyl is simply proof that Nuclear power should be 25 miles away from civilization.



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Soundwave on 20 December 2016
BraLoD said:
The sun is literally giving us basically infinite amounts of energy for free everyday, researches on using it should have been the top priority since the discovery of a way to use it, sadly that's not what big corps want, tho...

Yup, wouldn't surprise me in the least if big oil has been slowing down and preventing the spread of tech like solar for a long time. 

If you invented some kind of solar panel that was dirt cheap and even more efficient, likely you'd wind up with a "mysterious accident" happening to you. 



fuallmofus on 20 December 2016

why not build immensly huge solar farms in sahara and other sunny deserts. And make little drones monitor/repair broken panels. Accumulate the electricity on batterys or accumulators and send it to europe. With a cable with zero lost by cooling it down to -170Celsius.  With so much free energie E mobility woulndt be a problem anymore. 

Or is that all still impossible? guess i played too much Factorio.



Soundwave on 20 December 2016
fuallmofus said:

why not build immensly huge solar farms in sahara and other sunny deserts. And make little drones monitor/repair broken panels. Accumulate the electricity on batterys or accumulators and send it to europe. With a cable with zero lost by cooling it down to -170Celsius.  With so much free energie E mobility woulndt be a problem anymore. 

Or is that all still impossible? guess i played too much Factorio.

You don't even really need that much area for them. In the US they could easily be spread out over states like California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada (plenty of desert here), Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, etc. 



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Oneeee-Chan!!! on 09 February 2017

I hope that.



Nymeria on 09 February 2017

Curious about battery technology to store energy within a home making solar work in areas that aren't as ideal in terms of climate conditions.



caffeinade on 09 February 2017
Ka-pi96 said:
haqqaton said:

I don't know much about this (energy sources) but the Pandora's Promise documentary says that nuclear energy is by far the cheapest and the most efficient energy source. Besides, it's the source that have less impact on environment.

By the way, they address the point of nuclear toxic wast and - if it's true - we're being desinformed all along. Again, according to them the toxic waste is incredible minimal.

Until it goes boom!!!!

Yeah, no.
To get an explosion you need around 90% enrichment...
Reactors are in the single digits.
Reactors literally cannot explode.



Random_Matt on 09 February 2017

My parents don't pay energy prices, solar panels are pretty amazing.



monocle_layton on 09 February 2017
maxleresistant said:
When there is money to be made, or to save. That s ehen things finally kicks off.

Great news

Too bad the US still trying to expand the coal and oil industry.