Yes, Ontario just got approval for the first SMR at Darlington.
Canada is also looking at reactors that would use reprocessed fuel rods instead of virgin sources - which ends up being much more efficient and leaves a much smaller amount of dangerous waste at the end.
Well you get the extraordinarily high cost of figuring out how and producing the technology.
That's not really corrupt, that's pretty amazing that someone was willing to take that risk of investment. They, and their shareholders deserve the reward they earned.
There's something that I love about Big Oil revenue funding promising or successful nuclear fusion research, the very technology that could hasten it's demise as our favorite fuel.
The other impediment is transportation. Fossil fuel packs a lot of energy per weight but 66% over is thrown away as excess heat. Electric cars don't have the range and it takes more time to recharge.
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Canada is also looking at reactors that would use reprocessed fuel rods instead of virgin sources - which ends up being much more efficient and leaves a much smaller amount of dangerous waste at the end.
Instead we are going to get shareholders dividend costs and CEO bonus salaries to take into consideration
That's not really corrupt, that's pretty amazing that someone was willing to take that risk of investment. They, and their shareholders deserve the reward they earned.
Our environment thanks them.
Then we don't have to pay any shareholders because they would be us.
Do you think that this technology is ready to replace fossil fuel? That's a shitload of energy to replace.
It could be if enough support was put into it, but you know, big oil....... You pointed out the main obstacle, yourself.
Electricity vehicles will get there.
EVs have plenty of range and don’t take any time at all to recharge.
I charge at home and only plug in once every 2-3 days. On road trips I charge when I’m stopped for lunch/dinner.
Last 1,600 kilometre (1,000 mile) road trip I did only took about 40 minutes longer than a gas vehicle.