I feel like we have strayed too far away from my main point, solar doesn’t work when it is dark outside.

It is dark for long streaches of time in the Nordics.

When it is dark, we use more energy to heat and light our homes.

Batteries can’t supply enough power during that time.

Importing power is expensive.

So domestic power generation it is, and since nuclear power is one of the most environmentally friendly power sources we have and will work in the dark, it makes sense to use it to complement renewables.

Cool, I didn’t know that.

I just mentioned that we have the fuel and the enrichment facilities in the EU…

Do you realize how heavily Europe still depends on fossil fuels today? And that some of its nuclear reactors still use fuel supplied by Russia?

Yes.

If your big argument is avoiding dependence on hostile suppliers, swapping Russian gas for Russian nuclear fuel is a pretty spectacular blind spot.

When did I mention using Russian nuclear fuel?

Sweden has actually a fair bit of uranium, we could mine it, have France process it and run our nuclear plants on our own fuel.

While very impressive, solar power is not the the ultimate power source.

For us in the nordic regions we don’t get enough sun during the winter just as we need it.

We still need nuclear power unless we make ourselves dependent on other nations for power generation and transfer.

Just look at how Russia tried to hold Europe’s supply of gas hostage after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, I don’t want us to ever be so completely dependant on another nation/entity again.

“Oh, but we can use batteries!”

Sure, but batteries degrade over time, meaning we will need a continous way to replace them, and since most manufacturers of batteries are located in China (same goes for solar panels) we will just become dependent on China for our energy needs, so we have replaced Russia’s gas monopoly with China’s solar and battery monopoly.

Untill we have the ability to build and deploy solar panels and batteries at scale inside the EU we should be careful about giving up our current traditional powerplants.

“This is an interesting question, why do you love your children?”

This is true, but it kinda seems like the mega hype is finally diving into the trough of disillusionment.

AI will remain a tool, not the insane mess that it is today.

Which is why I have downloaded my music from iTunes as normal non-DRM files.

And people have scoffed at me for buying individual songs on iTunes instead of just jumping in bed with Spotify…

No matter how bad my financial situation becomes, as long as I can still charge my iPhone I will have access to not only my full music library, ad free, I also have access to the 50+ audio books I have bought on Apple Books completely ad free.

I just need a way to download the audio books without DRM and save them on my home server to feel fully at ease.

Google using Gmail to target ads has been a thing since the launch, I remember the articles about it back in the day, and still got a Gmail since it was still soo much better than alternatives like Hotmail.

Yeah, it is quite startling to see the difference in physical fuel use between a coal plant and a nuclear plant.

And the really funny thing is that a coal plant releases far more radiation than a nuke plant.

It is easy to build, but as noted, it is also expensive to build.

Then you also need the right kind of bedrock and geology.

Sweden has everything needed to build such a facility, I could even see a large benefit of a permanent storage facility here.

We could get “boosted geothermal”, nuclear waste still produce heat for a long time, why not put in pipes in place in the storage facility and use the extra heat energy to heat houses or other useful things, we are already doing geothermal heating here, so much so that there has been noted issues with depleating the geothermal boreholes, with a boosted system you would get a much longer life time of using it.

Unresolved?

It’s a super simple problem.

You dig a hole, put the waste in the hole and backfill with clay.

Done.

As a Swede, I would love it if we built a huge underground storage site and sold space to other countries needing space for waste. We have a solid bedrock and a generally stable political situation, we also have the skills to build a facility like it and could make bank off of it.

Damn, that is very cool.

Though Nuclear power is still needed to cover base load during the winter season in northen Europe.

And I am still pissed at how environmentalists killed nuclear power just as energy demand surged during the 90s, 00s and 10s.

Have you read the TOS of your ISP, are you allowed to run a home server exposed to the internet?

It might be a good idea to at least read what the TOS says just so you are aware of potential consequences.

Nope.

Are we finally hitting the trough of disillusionment with AI?

That would be amazing!

Most EV manufacturers doesn’t seem to be experimenting:

Doo handles - integrated

Body - Tall SUV

Grill - Missing

Headlights - Slim LED, sometimes a full lightbar.

Readlights - Full lightbar

Hood - Tall

General size - Huge

You know what would be experimenting? Styling EVs like ICE cars.

Not texting at all is far less dangerous that any texting

Texing while driving is wholesome?