“Rats Overrun $49B Nuclear Plant: Hinkley Point C’s Shocking Crisis!” In 2013 Fukushima was shut down by a rat that chewed the wiring. https://interestingengineering.com/culture/hinkley-point-c-rat-infestation?group=test_b
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2025-04-17 Trump Preventing Decarbonization Of Cement
Cement and concrete is used almost everywhere. They contribute 8% of the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere7. Federal grants to decarbonize cement and concrete are being withheld. https://floodlightnews.org/cement-is-a-climate-menace-under-trump-fixing-it-just-got-harder/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter
2025-02-05 Finland Has High Level Nuclear Waste Storage
Tom Scott tells us about this facility deep underground in Finland. https://www.facebook.com/tomscott/videos/623492770090767/?mibextid=9drbnH
2025-01-24 Each Cubic Foot Of The Sun Generates Less Heat Than A Toaster
And some other startling statistics about the Sun. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1050215970233023/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-11-10 Sabine Faces Reality Re: New Nuclear Power Plants
Sabine talks about new nuclear power plants, in a 7 minute YouTube video. My comment, quote: I have seen so much backlash about new nuclear power. Not just from the NIMBYs and anti-nukes, but from those who say that the only way that the world can have reliable power is by building nuclear power plants.
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2024-11-02 AI Data Centers To Use Up To 40% More Electricity; Cleaning Snow Off Solar Panels
The demand for electricity will be up to 40% more just for AI data centers. Steve Hanley’s sarcasm about watching Tik Tok videos are included, no extra charge. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/30/update-ai-data-centers-the-demand-for-electricity/amp/ Video of track vehicle cleaning snow off solar panels. https://www.facebook.com/memezarrr/videos/2897041153788366/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-11-01 Gayle King Interviews Elon Musk, He Says He Is A Technologist, Power The US With Giant Solar Array.
Elon says he is not a businessman. https://www.facebook.com/reel/870111258512024/?mibextid=9drbnH Elon tells Joe Rogan we can power the whole USA with a giant solar array, a square of 100 miles by 100 miles. “”We have a giant fusion reactor in the sky.”” https://www.facebook.com/61552509624292/videos/514034091544699/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-10-24 This Must Be MOAB – Mother Of All Bombs!!
OMG!! That’s HUGE! And it has a radioactive symbol on the side! Like it’s so big that it must be for a museum! https://www.facebook.com/reel/6809578515832887/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-10-14 Nuclear Power Could Solve US Electricity Needs. But At What Cost?
Quote: “”Is building new nuclear plants possible?The chief question is: Can it be done in time and at a cost consumers can afford? History says, “no.” “” New nuclear is much too expensive – they have multi-Billion dollar cost overruns. New nuclear takes too long to build – they have had decade long construction delays.
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2024-09-22 Will Restart Three Mile Island NPP Just To Sell Power To Microsoft AI
Constellation Energy shut down TMI nuclear power plant in 2019. They will restart it subject to approval just to sell the power to Microsoft to power their data centers. Short video https://www.facebook.com/reel/1941868322890930?mibextid=9drbnH Better https://www.facebook.com/reel/3456129351197734?mibextid=9drbnH
