Let's do this.
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Yes it doesn't produce CO2, but just why do you want nuclear? It makes no economic sense. It's a large, inflexible investment that requires constant use and future operating expenses are much higher than 0.
I've heard all the stuff you wrote before and some of it is true but it doesn't change the truth of what I wrote. I don't know why you are emotionally and ideologically invested with the nuclear steam engine but it is really annoying that you didn't even critically think about anything that I said.
And touching on a point pertaining who is lying:
The water boiler-steam engine that are common today aren't optimized for creating Plutonium yes. But all the infrastructure up until that point the fuel is put into pellets is dual use. The water boiler-steam engine is only the last component, which doesn't invalidate the point i made.
@missqarnstein@eldritch.cafe On the first two paragraph, I honestly think it’s the better option we have. It’s even better than renewables on a lot of points. For the same quantity of electricity, it create less pollution (even the chemical and radioactive pollution created are created in quantities that are very, very small, and that could be recycled – renewables waste are recyclables too, but in bigger quantities), less mining extraction, less space use (especially useful in Europe, I guess that USA have a lot of space they can use without issue), less storage needed, better lifespan, less grid rework needed, the fact that you only need few big plants make it easier to manage (it’s easier to coordinate 20 plants thant hundred and hundreds of solar and wind farms), etc.
There is downsides, but less than any other technology. It’s just the best we have now, and that’s the only reason why I want it.
About the military use, yeah, some of the rest could be dual use, but even if we stopped using nuclear power for electricity tomorrow, it would be rather naive to think that countries would stop using nuclear power for military purposes. It's just that they would only use it for military purposes instead. I’m against military use too, but for me convincing coutries to stop military use is separated from the power use, because nothing says that they will stop both at the same time.
Not to mention the medical nuclear sector, which will obviously remain in use and will in any case require part of the civilian chain (including waste treatment) to be maintained. And the nuclear research will probably keep going too (it’s often linked to the medical use, and this research could be useful for treating waste that has already been produced, in addition to simply discovering other interesting uses. And researches about fusion of course).
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14:56 is a point that gets understated quite a lot. I find that many people that oppose renewables have a strange libertarian ideals about the market and don't seem to get that electric cars would open them to more energy markets. To use their world view.
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@TechConnectify You earned a new subscriber!
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@jaffabeast @TechConnectify 0 day old account to spread disinformation, oldest trick in the book.
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@TechConnectify god damn dude, that ending was spicy.
but yeah, really solid education throughout.
@gsuberland @TechConnectify I didn’t even feel like the ending was that spicy, it was just realistic
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@almino @Janne_O While that might be true of this particular video, it is not true of the channel (or the secondary channel) in general. Also, just because a video isn't monetized that doesn't make it public domain.
If #PeerTube wants creators like Alec on it, it has to get a lot easier to publish mirrors on PeerTube. (Also, it should be easier to "monetize", but that's a harder problem, for several reasons.)
@BoydStephenSmithJr @almino why exactly should this video be “public domain”? And why does it matter if the channel is monetized or not?
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@jaffabeast @TechConnectify 0 day old account to spread disinformation, oldest trick in the book.
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@TechConnectify that was a good one. I think that way, but I don't think most do.
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@BoydStephenSmithJr @almino why exactly should this video be “public domain”? And why does it matter if the channel is monetized or not?
@almino @Janne_O I don't claim the video should be public domain, but I do claim that someone else publishing it on PeerTube could be a violation of any copyrights on the video.
Monetization affects both the impact of illicit mirroring and the incentives for creators to mirror (or migrate entirely) themselves.
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@TechConnectify The first half of this video, as usual, taught me a few things and made me think.
The second half.... wow. Thank you for saying all this.
(I'm in the UK.)
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@TechConnectify Thank you
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@TechConnectify I love your videos! This one was amazing. Also, I'm not in the US but fuck Trump and the republicans.
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@TechConnectify Thank you so much. I'm sorry it has come to this but you more than met the moment.
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It seems pretty clear, at the end you consider the US to be in the early stages of fascism.
Have you thought about writing anything explaining this?
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@TechConnectify Dude, my God, incredible video, all 92 minutes! Thank you for a shot of hope!
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@almino @Janne_O I don't claim the video should be public domain, but I do claim that someone else publishing it on PeerTube could be a violation of any copyrights on the video.
Monetization affects both the impact of illicit mirroring and the incentives for creators to mirror (or migrate entirely) themselves.
@BoydStephenSmithJr @almino my point was that people who “suffer YouTube ads” shouldn’t have any issues watching this video on YouTube as it has no ads as far as I know.
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@BoydStephenSmithJr @almino my point was that people who “suffer YouTube ads” shouldn’t have any issues watching this video on YouTube as it has no ads as far as I know.
@Janne_O @almino Depending on country, YT inserts its own advertisements into videos even when the creator is not (or cannot) monetize the video.
They've been doing this for about 18 months, IIRC.
EDIT: https://www.pootlepress.com/2025/04/can-youtube-show-ads-on-your-channel-if-you-turn-off-monetization/ says they've been doing it since 2020, but not if Alec is part of the YouTube Partner Program (idk if he is). Google's support pages confirm the current state: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2475463?hl=en
(I've had YT Premium since it was "YT Red" and given away free with what was "Google Music" so I often don't notice when YT changes how much they advertise.)
