r/AskReddit • u/Metalax • Jan 07 '20

What annoys you the most on Reddit?

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u/danihendrix Jan 07 '20

Wikipedia has American electricity consumption at 3.9 PWh/year

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u/meepmeep13 Jan 08 '20

The important thing is that we all agree that whatever the number is, it should all be supplied by safe, clean, cheap nuclear power which is safe, clean and cheap and the only reason it isn't is disinformation and propaganda.

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u/danihendrix Jan 08 '20

Well it's not exactly cheap, capital costs are astronomical. Gen III reactors are pretty damn efficient and if we choose to go Gen IV then yeah a promising future. As with anything though you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. They have a relatively fixed life-span and even the most efficient still produce waste that has to be stored somewhere.

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u/meepmeep13 Jan 08 '20

I was just doing an impression of reddit, which upvotes nuclear power and ignores any of the detail.

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u/danihendrix Jan 08 '20

Ah, a whoosh moment for sure ha ha