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hunter

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17. To the extent this displaces the typical Chinese coal fired power plant...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sun Jul 22, 2018, 08:52 PM

Jul 2018

... this is a win for everyone on planet earth.

For all of us, anti-nuclear or not, it's reasonable to wish this power plant a long, prosperous, and uneventful life.

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First ACPR-1000 Nuclear Unit Begins Commercial Operation in China [View all] NNadir Jul 2018 OP

Solar is just getting started. True disruption to other sources is not in our lifetime. Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #1

Yeah. I know. Solar has been "just getting started" since 1954. NNadir Jul 2018 #3

Uh, first it is an ad and so hyperbole is par. Second, it is one battery. See no claim it is going Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #8

So is climate change NickB79 Jul 2018 #11

Tired of this crap. Eko Jul 2018 #2

I got the same Strawman! Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #9

So this is the convincing part of your arguent... sfwriter Jul 2018 #4

'I don't see anyone choosing renewable over nuclear. They choose renewable over coal.' John ONeill Jul 2018 #12

I thought the thread concerned the US market. sfwriter Jul 2018 #14

By your logic... NNadir Jul 2018 #15

Move to China ... GeorgeGist Jul 2018 #5

Actually, I love my country and despise the morons who are making it unsafe... NNadir Jul 2018 #6

I am actually with you on nuclear. Pocket nuclear plants today, without being a expert, seem Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #10

Thank you for your civil and kind suggestion about an approach to, um, "getting my point across." NNadir Jul 2018 #13

Thank you for the response, I am truly flattered, as much as I can be given my resistance to Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #16

Are renewables useful ? John ONeill Jul 2018 #18

Word...Battery...once the power density storage efficiency reaches a certain point, all the energy Fred Sanders Jul 2018 #19

I do recognize that it is difficult for bourgeois liberals to see so called "renewable energy..." NNadir Jul 2018 #20

Laos dam collapse: Many feared dead as floods hit villages hunter Jul 2018 #21

Improvement comes from criticism. JayhawkSD Jul 2018 #7

To the extent this displaces the typical Chinese coal fired power plant... hunter Jul 2018 #17