A special New Year's fireside chat
Mat and the gang ring in the new year by gathering around a make believe fireplace and discussing what they’re excited about in 2023, their new years resolutions & a little bit of Go talk, too. But only a little.
Mat and the gang ring in the new year by gathering around a make believe fireplace and discussing what they’re excited about in 2023, their new years resolutions & a little bit of Go talk, too. But only a little.
Discussion
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James Harr
2023-01-23T01:46:40Z ago
The safety of nuclear power was mentioned, and I think I’ve seen the video mentioned that talks about the safety aspects.of nuclear fission.
https://youtu.be/c1QmB5bW_WQ
James Harr
2023-01-23T02:02:25Z ago
On the topic of Fusion feasibility… Anytime someone says “we got more energy out than we put in!” and it’s 50% more energy (or 1.5x gain), know that we need a 20x gain before you can even talk about power plant, that’s around 1900% more power. Source: https://youtu.be/JurplDfPi3U
I get a little excited about generation methods that skip the thermal stage. Usually most power generation is about making heat, which then gets turned into steam, and then drives something mechanical. Stuff like Helion’s work is exciting because it goes straight to capturing electrons and skips the heat generation phase. Source: https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38
I think those methods are more risky in terms of the investment planning out, but if it works, it could be a huge since more of the energy is captured.
At any rate, nuclear power in any form is an exciting thing to me and I hope the US and other countries keep investing in it. Anything that can ween us off of fossil fuels