LordR

So in other words: Putin’s online brigades that influenced elections around the world for years are responsible. Russia is also using refugees to strengthen far right parties in Europe and destabilizing Africa to cause more refugees to travel to the EU and other countries.

In my country it is mostly small local companies installing solar panels. And I think in most of Europe it’s the same.

You do realize that solar panels are usually installed and maintained by small companies and not multi-billion dollar companies, right?

That means that it’s more likely for the profits to stay in the local economy.

It’s quite funny how you assume things about me though and thinking that I I don’t do any research. How about you showing some research?

Solar panels are living quite long lifes. The people installing those panels are, at least in my country, mostly in small companies. You are right anout the production though but there will probably grow more and more manufacturer’s as they don’t need Billions like the Energy Companies that build Nuclear Power Plants.

Just below Sir_Osis_of_Liver posted an overview of new Nuclear Power Plants that went way over budget and schedule. The additional costs are massiv.

The biggest problem with Nuclear Power Plants is their price and the fact that they are centralized. While they might produce a good amount of baseline electricity, their energy is more expensive than solar and wind.

Obviously solar and wind also have disadvantages like fluctuating production but that could be solved by building battery storage. In another comment line I commented about Aqueous Hybrid Ion Batteries that could be used that way, they are heaavier than other battery types but environmentally friendly and could therefore easily be used in buildings.
The main advantage of solar combined with batteries is that it will help regular people instead of a huge company. A decentralized energy production would also help in wars or with natural catastrophies.

I just figured out that they are called “Aqueous Hybrid Ion Battery” in English, so they are not the molten ones.

I didn’t find a lot about them, but this website seems to have an overview about them (although they are the main manufacturer of the batteries, so they are probably biased): https://www.aquionenergy.com/technology/aqueous-hybrid-ion-ahi/#What_Are_Saltwater_Batteries_and_How_Are_They_Different

I just figured out that they are called “Aqueous Hybrid Ion Battery” in English, so they are not the molten ones.

I didn’t find a lot about them, but this website seems to have an overview about them (although they are the main manufacturer of the batteries, so they are probably biased): https://www.aquionenergy.com/technology/aqueous-hybrid-ion-ahi/#What_Are_Saltwater_Batteries_and_How_Are_They_Different

That’s true for batteries that have to be lightweight. There are salt water batteries that do not require any (or a lot) rare earth materials. They are about twice as heavy if I remember correctly, but for a house that doesn’t matter a lot. And the good thing is that the more batteries are used in houses, the better and more efficient they get.

You can store electricity pretty well either with Pumped-storage hydroelectric plants or with batteries (that recently got way cheaper and more efficient. If you start adding batteries to buildings with solar panels, the buildings can provide electricity for themselves for longer periods of times which will lower energy costs for households.

If you build more Nuclear Power Plants, it is big corporations that profit and not the regular people. I prefer to help regular people.

Ballooning costs for Nuclear Reactors and those reactors being built up to 12 years later than scheduled are simply facts. There is a decision to either build smaller solar and wind and decentralize power generation and invest into the power grid or waiting decades for new Nuclear Plants to get built.

Yeah, after believeing big oil way to long, let us now believe the propaganda of the Nuclear Energy Industry because that will turn out to be way better…

How about investing all that money in actual renewable energy sources? If you already have some Nuclear Power Plants keep them running until you can replace them, but then replace them with renewables.

Renewables can help home owners and renters (solar panels and batteries), while Nuclear Power Generation will only help big energy companies in the long run.

Putin seems to be quite mad about Prigoshin. Hopefully they will destroy each other.

This is exactly why you don’t rely too much on mercenaries and don’t give them the newest weapon systems.

But never stop an enemy making a mistake, I guess :D

The final little note, most of the anti-nuclear talking points were invented by the fossil fuel industry. Some of the talking points go back to the 1950s

So instead of (rightly) not believing the fossil fuel industry you link to a website created by a guy working on nuclear reactors? This is exactly the same: big companies want everyone to build centralized big plants instead of local productionthat actually helps home owners and the regular people.

Nuclear waste is a huge problem as many countries simply don’t find a place to burry the stuff. You don’t need a lot of nuclear material to cause consequences that will last for centuries.

Nuclear Power Plants also might be safe under normal circumstances but they are not safe in case of human stupidity, wars and earthquakes/tsunamis.

Compared to something like solar or wind nuclear is just stupid. It is unsafe, only big corporations profit of it, has huge risks, is centralized and therefore a risk factor, way to expensive and simply a bad idea. It also takes decades to build Nuclear Powerplants.

So if you have some, let them keep running if you must but don’t build new ones, invest into safe sources of energy instead.

Ah, I see, you want the nuclear wastes in your appartment/house because it is so clean. We finally found a place for it.

Nuclear is nowhere near clean. And its waste stays radioactive for milennias. Renewable energy sources are way cleaner.