This is a very nice essay. Your statement about building solar and wind, but then not having the ability to transmit and the transmit being years behind, reminded me of my days in supercomputing. Everyone wanted to spend money on the fast processors but no one wanted to spend money on memory and storage, and the communication network to get things to memory and storage.
Strategic, systems thinking seems to be beyond us and the market forces that drive what we do.
Understanding that there are still hurdles/speed bumps, I don't understand why it will take 10 more years to see SMRs up and running. We see this caution quite often and it may be true, but it also seems like a self-fullfing prophesy. There must be a way to get the new generation of nuclear installed more quickly. I believe China and Russia are doing that. It's a matter of better leadership and even stronger public support. Curious what others think. Anyway, we can't wait that long.
I’ll bet a number of the anti growth and development crowd in grandpa’s day just ended up as part of those tunnels, bridges, and roads. They didn’t suffer fools for long back then. Most people today would faint if they visited a post WWII worksite of any kind.
This would be a great time to remind young people that there is a great future and lots of $$$$ in the trades.
This is a very nice essay. Your statement about building solar and wind, but then not having the ability to transmit and the transmit being years behind, reminded me of my days in supercomputing. Everyone wanted to spend money on the fast processors but no one wanted to spend money on memory and storage, and the communication network to get things to memory and storage.
Strategic, systems thinking seems to be beyond us and the market forces that drive what we do.
Understanding that there are still hurdles/speed bumps, I don't understand why it will take 10 more years to see SMRs up and running. We see this caution quite often and it may be true, but it also seems like a self-fullfing prophesy. There must be a way to get the new generation of nuclear installed more quickly. I believe China and Russia are doing that. It's a matter of better leadership and even stronger public support. Curious what others think. Anyway, we can't wait that long.
I’ll bet a number of the anti growth and development crowd in grandpa’s day just ended up as part of those tunnels, bridges, and roads. They didn’t suffer fools for long back then. Most people today would faint if they visited a post WWII worksite of any kind.
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