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CoopersDad

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4. Slowly but surely...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 31, 2024, 10:53 AM

Mar 2024

This state is coming around to the idiocy of shutting down Diablo.

Jimmy Panetta is on board, I'm pretty sure Assemblymember Addis is, as well.

I'm not sure about John Laird yet because so much of his constituency is "anything but nuclear".

Since you've listed one sensible way to produce hydrogen, I wonder if you think nuclear hydrogen production, maybe locally using SMRs, would be something worth promoting.

Thank you.

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EST: Chinese Hydrogen Production Is Making Climate Change Worse. [View all] NNadir Mar 2024 OP

Yes, we are being way too slow to transition away... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #1

"What if" question here: CoopersDad Mar 2024 #2

Hydrogen has horrible physical properties and all efforts to ignore these because the combustion product... NNadir Mar 2024 #3

Slowly but surely... CoopersDad Mar 2024 #4

My son is working on 3D printable materials for SMRs, and I'm inclined to support the concept. NNadir Mar 2024 #5

Thanks for the detailed information! CoopersDad Apr 2024 #6

You're welcome. To be clear though, grid scale batteries disgust me, particularly on fossil fuel dependent... NNadir Apr 2024 #7