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ChristianKl comments on Open Thread for February 11 - 17 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 14 February 2014 12:21:16AM 0 points [-]

fission based grid

Googling doesn't find many hits. What do you mean with the term?

Comment author: Izeinwinter 14 February 2014 04:26:13AM 0 points [-]

Nuclear fission. As in: "Everyone follows the example of France and Sweden, builds nuclear reactors until they no longer have any fossil fuel based power plants". There are no real resource or economic limits keeping us from doing this - the Russians have quite good breeder reactor designs, and on a per-terawatt hour produced, it would kill a lot fewer people than any fossil fuel, and cost less money.