waddle_dee

joined 4 months ago
[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Aww man, this hits close to home

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The worm overlords have infiltrated the US. Smiling Friends was right all along.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wish my "Christian" brothers and sister picked up a bloody Bible and actually read it. They'd realize that we are called to take care of the earth, love one another, and care for one another. It's infuriating. Also, the blantent disregard for historical context and etymology is cause enough for apoplexy.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

"Things should be left up to the state...wait, not that thing"

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That is inaccurate. You can look up LCOE for all of these and Nuclear is right up there with Gas. Also, you can't have 10% of your generation be nuclear with solar and wind making up the majority. You literally cannot produce that much electricity. Nuclear, being arguably the most efficient source of energy and the largest capacity, it makes sense for nuclear to be in place of our coal and gas plants with solar and wind supplements. But hey, that's just what I studied for a living.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I guess I should have clarified. When you do a cost analysis of per MW generation over the lifetime of the plant, it gets significantly cheaper. Cheaper than solar, or wind. The only issue is the large upfront cost of billions of dollars, like I previously stated. The cost of solar and wind is cheaper up front, but on a large generation scale, is lacking. Nuclear is the only solution right now to the climate. There is no other large scale generation that can sustain demand as clean as nuclear.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Yup! Turns out utilities don't want to spend a multi billion dollar upfront cost, even though they would reap huge rewards, as nuclear, over the whole lifetime of the plant, is very cost-effective. But hey, let's continue to subsidize gas instead!

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Those were Takata. This is a separate manufacturer.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 53 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh my G-d, I didn't even think of this. This makes so much sense. What an absolute buffoon.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

He also got let go from another law enforcement agency for arguably sexual assault.

[–] waddle_dee@lemmy.world 188 points 2 months ago (8 children)

This isn't surprising. Hulk Hogan is a huge racist.

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