What’s News For March 24th?
1. “If we want to avoid possible looming stagflation, we must turn away from boomer clown policies and act now to increase the productive capacity of the economy.” https://www.city-journal.org/remove-barriers-to…
2. The UK May Build a £16 Billion Solar Power Station in Space: “… which is then wirelessly transmitted to Earth through high-frequency radio waves. A ground antenna, called a rectenna, is used to convert the radio waves into electricity, which is then delivered to the power grid.” https://singularityhub.com/…/a-solar-power-station-in…/
3. Hanford “B” Reactor was built in a a little over a year during WWII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site#Construction
4. In the 1990s/2000s it took Korea and Japan about 4-5 years, on average, to build new plants. https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/…/biz/2016/10/123_215869.html
5. Christer Dahlgren, Manager at GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy asked if he could build a reactor in 2 years time:
“Why does it take more than a month (to demonstrate that a reactor is safe)?” His reply: “It doesn’t, to an engineer, NRC committee are political electives” https://youtu.be/CotYXZplprE?t=3343
6. Fracking could help Europe generate plentiful, cheap gas, substantially reducing the continent’s reliance on Russian imports. This would make Europe more independent, blow a hole into Putin’s warchest, create huge economic benefits, and reduce emissions. https://financialpost.com/…/opinion-fracking-nuclear…
7. How Geothermal Plants Could Unlock Vast Supplies of Lithium in the American West https://singularityhub.com/…/how-geothermal-plants…/
8. War in Ukraine pushes the case for decentralized wireless networks https://www.bloomberg.com/…/mesh-networks-could-replace…
9. FDA-Approved Drug May Help Revive Vision in People With Progressive Blinding Disorders https://scitechdaily.com/fda-approved-drug-may-help…/
What’s News For March 24th?
