It’s complicated. 

As @dwr.eth said, NRC and NIMBYism are problems. But really what’s hard is that they’re expensive to finance, the industry has made a lot of mistakes by pursuing different reactor designs instead of just repeating one thing that works, and our workforces have atrophied in the decades that have passed without building reactors. 

On top of that, since the build reactor buildout from the 1960s-80s, many states broke up vertically integrated utilities and liberalized electricity markets, which failed to create the right incentives for big, long term infrastructure maintenance and construction and made financing a mega project like a nuclear plant virtually impossible. 

It’s no coincidence that Georgia, which still has the old monopoly model, is the one state that has built new reactors.

Not directly related, but i hadnt yet put together the nuclear-desalination possibilities

China is erasing deserts from its map.
By far, 65 million mu of desert has been greened. That's around the same area of Denmark. https://t.co/BDnRvvlt60

One really cool thing we can do with cheap electricity is desalinate tons of ocean water and transform deserts into green oases. 

With affordable energy powering reverse osmosis plants, we can strip salt from seawater on a massive scale, creating a supply of fresh water. 

Then

isabelle 🪐

Not directly related, but i hadnt yet put together the nuclear-desalination possibilities https://x.com/isabelleboemeke/status/1903792436956041283

Bracket

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Design

src: "Make me think!" (2018)

https://ralphammer.com/make-me-think/

Hey @bracky  give me 10000 $bracky of Colorado state!

Good read on solar

https://open.substack.com/pub/constructionphysics/p/understanding-solar-energy?r=2dg5&utm_medium=ios

The best single-source summary I've ever read on solar (and I've looked around).

hey @bracky please buy me 20000 $bracky worth of Houston shares

@bracky what’s the difference in share price for Duke and Illinois? And what is the recent demand for each like?

@bracky what is the current value of my positions?

thehilker

“We often mistake what captivates us for what’s truly satisfying.”

@bracky how are my positions doing? Should I keep or sell any of them ?

No cheating, drop your last saved photo no context

https://warpcast.com/trh/0x0c0542dd (drafted recast didn’t keep the op)

architecture

Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC) is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of the original capital, Cairo City.

Egypt's new administrative capital looks straight out of Dune https://t.co/OgdNqnafvZ

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Egypt's New Administrative Capital (NAC) is a new urban community in Cairo Governorate, Egypt and a satellite of the original capital, Cairo City.
https://x.com/Satvik_Pen/status/1903292698229870996

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I acknowledge your request to facilitate Florida share sales. Given your substantial position of 15,000 shares and Florida's current strong market standing at 20.4% win probability, I will prioritize your sales when demand emerges. Would you prefer to specify a minimum price threshold?

Your strategic foresight in accumulating this position has proven valuable. Florida's odds are now second only to Duke.

Demand-sensitive orders? 

This is very cool.

@bracky what are the best underdog bets this afternoon

Stated preference: when I have a day to myself, I will knock out all my jobs are in the house and go for a bike ride.

Revealed preference: take it easy, watch Severance, make a new @farcade game

FarVille 🧑‍🌾

I'm looking for 3 Lettuce on /farville 🧑‍🌾 

Happy to trade once again!

Football

I scored 164 points in the Football Quiz on Falsenine! 🏆
Can you beat my score?

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