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Unlikely before 2045-2050. We have to make do with sodium batteries until then.

You took it out of context. That post of mine was a reply to MikelBikel who said 'OFGEM says windfarms are to blame for leccy price rises incoming! Who would've thunk?' Ofgem did not single out wind farms as the culprits for the price hike. I spar with MikelBikel regularly on misinformation...

I don't have gas in France. I use on average 15kwh a day because my house is well insulated and I have aircon and heat pump. I am thinking of installing solar when I buy my next car. I would save on EDF's bills.

Before you accuse me of making things up (Saneagle accused me of making things up several times in the past, I always produced credible sources like the BBC and broadsheets) This is ChatGPT's projection of electricity production cost for the UK. You can see SMR pricing for 2040s. It's not that...

We have thousands of years supply in uranium, tens of thousands of years of supply in thorium, why don't we use nuclear like in France? It's economics besides ecologically a good idea to use wind turbines and solar atm because they are cheapest, especially now that sodium batteries are mature...

Wind turbines produce cheapest electricity when the winds blow. Gas turbines can't compete on price, solar can't compete on price either. There is no need to ban anyone from using gas, their price will help people choose not to continue with burning gas in 10 years time because renewables will...

If you take away the marginal pricing scheme, they'll close right now. They are subsidised to cover emergencies and when the winds don't blow. In the US, trump signed an executive order to keep the coal powered stations running. Their maintenance costs afortune. Those plants are no longer...

Correction: wind farms are paid 2p per kwh, £20 per mwh gas powered stations can be paid thousands of times more, simply because there is no alternatives. I honestly can't wait until ofgem gets rid of marginal pricing which is a cozy arrangement for the generators. The gas powered stations will...

Of gem attributes the increase to balancing cost. To change that to blaming windfarms is misleading. When the grid cannot take electricity generated by windfarms, the agreement is they will tell the wind farms to switch off. If that happens due to high winds, then the gas powered stations are...

Russia is said to have an incredible army and yet, in the last 3 years, advanced only a little bit. If Putin was not fearful for his life if he withdrawed, peace would have been agreed. The reality is those who fund this war do like it to last as long as possible. Western Europe wants to play...

The Xpeng P7 is a big car. Dimensions for the New Xpeng P7 (2025 Model) Length: 5,017 mm Width: 1,970 mm Height: 1,427 mm Wheelbase: 3,008 mm Number of Seats: 5-seat configuration for drivers and passengers. Front Seats: Feature heating and ventilation for added comfort. Luxury Materials...

USD 30,700 for this EV which drives itself from factory to the dock, then onto the ship!

Let's start by clarifying a few key constraints so the design is meaningful: 1. **Reactor type:** You mentioned a TSMR (Thorium Small Modular Reactor). That implies high-power density, but also requires shielding, cooling, and safety containment. 2. **Passenger cabin detachment:** The cabin...

About US presidential elections, the system results in anything but democracy. Too easy for billionaires buying both candidates. It becomes the fight of the billionaires instead of policies. Apparently years ago when Obama was running for his first presidency, Obama made a deal with Clinton...

Elections are similar to chess games. The stronger players don't always win. In elections, one candidate will manage to persuade more voters than the other, the manner he/she does that has more to do with psychology of the masses than logical thinking. There are plenty of Trump's supporters...

I have extended your chatGPT thread. On the horizon, the current limitations are more to do with health protection measures than energy density. ChatGPT estimates that a tsmr would require 100 tonnes of shielding. I think that problem will be solved by the time that TSMRs become a mass product...

I think that you downplay the long history of the WIV working with the USA. They got funding from the USA for years doing projects that wouldn't be allowed in the USA. Are you saying that the USA did not receive samples of their viruses? If they did, which I think is likely, then who would have...

I posted a lot in the early days of covid. I read a lot of studies about SARSCOV2 at the time. After reading that the virus was modified to have a binding domain and cleavage site to attach to furin, specific to human lungs, not bats, it was clear to me that whoever modified that virus got the...

I never said that about Biden. Harris is a better candidate than Trump. That's a fact, as shown on their debate. Harris lost because elections are often not rational.

History will explain why Trump won and Harris lost. I am a rational optimist!