"Unfortunately for us, warmism is seen by the Best-and-Brightest as an opportunity to impose a command economy on the world, to force us to alter our behaviors, and to accrete even more power to a ruling class..." Bingo! It's about control. *You will own nothing and be happy!* So many companies started down that path by moving from permanent licensing to subscription models (think of computer software). Like cell phones - they control the OS (mostly), they tell you what you can and can't do, and they try to get you to upgrade every couple of years. It's money and power/control, all part of the "disposable" economy. Of course, they (those "Best-and-Brightest") now see us as disposable and replaceable. Thus, the move to eliminate *your* "carbon footprint" (which really means eliminating *you*).
Modularity is an underappreciated reason why wind, solar, and gas are vastly cheaper than nuclear. Nuclear is still locked (largely by regulation) in the same framework as old coal generation plants, which require very expensive site-built structures and multi-year construction times. These are further extended by all the regulatory hurdles nuclear has to clear.
In a modern nat. gas plant, all the equipment comes as a modular assembly. Building the plant is a matter of pouring foundations for everything to sit on, and running pipes & cables between all the assemblies. With wind and solar, it's even easier. You have only a handful of standard foundations to design, and there is no piping to worry about at all.
Nuclear can, and should be equally as modular and easy as a nat gas plant. Everything arrives on truck, is placed by crane, hooked up, and commissioned into service. Total on-site construction time should take no more than a year. Reactor bone connected to the condenser bone, generator bone connected to the grid bone, and Bob's your uncle. Power plant.
"Unfortunately for us, warmism is seen by the Best-and-Brightest as an opportunity to impose a command economy on the world, to force us to alter our behaviors, and to accrete even more power to a ruling class..." Bingo! It's about control. *You will own nothing and be happy!* So many companies started down that path by moving from permanent licensing to subscription models (think of computer software). Like cell phones - they control the OS (mostly), they tell you what you can and can't do, and they try to get you to upgrade every couple of years. It's money and power/control, all part of the "disposable" economy. Of course, they (those "Best-and-Brightest") now see us as disposable and replaceable. Thus, the move to eliminate *your* "carbon footprint" (which really means eliminating *you*).
Speaking specifically on modularity:
Modularity is an underappreciated reason why wind, solar, and gas are vastly cheaper than nuclear. Nuclear is still locked (largely by regulation) in the same framework as old coal generation plants, which require very expensive site-built structures and multi-year construction times. These are further extended by all the regulatory hurdles nuclear has to clear.
In a modern nat. gas plant, all the equipment comes as a modular assembly. Building the plant is a matter of pouring foundations for everything to sit on, and running pipes & cables between all the assemblies. With wind and solar, it's even easier. You have only a handful of standard foundations to design, and there is no piping to worry about at all.
Nuclear can, and should be equally as modular and easy as a nat gas plant. Everything arrives on truck, is placed by crane, hooked up, and commissioned into service. Total on-site construction time should take no more than a year. Reactor bone connected to the condenser bone, generator bone connected to the grid bone, and Bob's your uncle. Power plant.
Peter, are you able to give any policy input to legislators? Your message is important and our decision makers should be aware of it.