Battery based electric vehicles of today and tomorrow.

[Frankenkubota]

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China.

Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built a factory in China which builds huge blocks of buildings which are shipped to site. Every one is identical. The pipes are routed the same way in every plant. State of the art reactor.

When WWII started the Navy used to build every ship custom and unique. Had to figure the same things out, again, for every ship. Slow production until finally decreed every ship shall be built to the same blueprint. Then when an issue developed with one ship they knew to look for same in all the others.

Westinghouse could start building the same in the USA tomorrow but for the need for the NRC to maintain its empire by reviewing, re-reviewing, arbitrarily revising, reviewing again, holding hearings, review some more, adjust the permits and design in the midst of construction for 15 years.

that supports my comment a while back, let the navy handle the nukes, they seem to have the best track record.

 

[Hay Dude]

Research never stopped. Problem is US Government refused to look. So meanwhile Westinghouse is building state of the art nuclear power plants in China.

Something the NRC would never have accepted: Unified Single Design. Every single US nuclear power plant is a one-off custom. Westinghouse built a factory in China which builds huge blocks of buildings which are shipped to site. Every one is identical. The pipes are routed the same way in every plant. State of the art reactor.

When WWII started the Navy used to build every ship custom and unique. Had to figure the same things out, again, for every ship. Slow production until finally decreed every ship shall be built to the same blueprint. Then when an issue developed with one ship they knew to look for same in all the others.

Westinghouse could start building the same in the USA tomorrow but for the need for the NRC to maintain its empire by reviewing, re-reviewing, arbitrarily revising, reviewing again, holding hearings, review some more, adjust the permits and design in the midst of construction for 15 years.

I thought the Westinghouse company was long gone? My grandfather was a foreman at Westinghouse from WW-2 until the mid 70’s.

 

[Hay Dude]

According to my Environmental Science professor, tidal energy is too limited...very specific geological situations must exist...like in the Bay of Fundy.

Solar is only efficient in certain latitudes.

I don't mind supplementing with those, but nuclear is our current best option that is not fossil fuel.

I am still a proponent of using all options.

Agree.
Id ramp up to 50% nuke and 45% NG as an achievable 2030 benchmark to reduce the coal consumption. Then keep building more nuke plants while taking old ones off line. We have limitless sources of NG because we still have the fracking engineering expertise.
It would also create millions of great paying, non gubmit payroll jobs!
It the pointy heads want to play with foreign made solar panels, bird killing windmills and whale killing tidal generators, give em the other 5%, which is about all they’re good for.
The way this country is run is so stupid. We could be a true world leader, but we squander so much on dumb things and corruption.

We better get started soon, with millions of EVs (all charged at night) and with piles of battery and electronics waste ready to be buried in the ground, it sure feels like are way behind in the power grid and eminent domain land seizures for battery dumping grounds.

 

[Frankenkubota]

I thought the Westinghouse company was long gone? My grandfather was a foreman at Westinghouse from WW-2 until the mid 70’s.

back in the days when westinghouse was still around in the us, the company was, by far, the best co to work for. unlike the rest of the robber barons, he actually cared for his employees.

i could go on and on but....just research westinghouse and his treatment of his employees.

We hold edison in high esteem, imho that's a mistake, should be westinghouse!

i worked for westinghouse briefly in the early 80s but that was long long past the good old days.

 

[Hay Dude]

back in the days when westinghouse was still around in the us, the company was, by far, the best co to work for. unlike the rest of the robber barons, he actually cared for his employees.

i could go on and on but....just research westinghouse and his treatment of his employees.

We hold edison in high esteem, imho that's a mistake, should be westinghouse!

i worked for westinghouse briefly in the early 80s but that was long long past the good old days.

My grandfather worked on the turbines for the Nautilus Submarine (1st nuclear powered submarine) as well as turbines for hydroelectric dams.
Sheesh….we really used to have an amazing country and really led the way in innovation. Sad to see us in such a sad state of affairs. Mostly dumb, fat and dependent.
I hope Tim Scott was right when he recently said “I believe Americas best days are ahead of us”. Some days that sure is tough to believe, though.
I better get busy leading the way back to prosperity lol

 

[Jstpssng]

I better get busy leading the way back to prosperity lol

Hay Dude for President!!!!!

 

[Whidbey]

Hay Dude for President!!!!!

That would be okay. Once you get your legal issues resolved maybe you can be his Vice President.

 

[kenmbz]

Building nuclear plants without the ability to make the waste go away is not going to work long term.
Even in France, they just bury it.
China has no rules and will dump it wherever they want.
The last few nuclear articles posted here were marketing hype, we need a real solution to nuclear waste before rolling out more reactors. We seem to not learn from the issues in Japan and the US.
Modular builds would help, but we need to spend on research into spent fuel.
dousing it in water and then reprocess, then bury for a few thousand years is not a real solution.
Fusion would help, but no one is putting enough money into this due to it's inherent instability.

A thousand years in the future, if we survive, will be interesting with all the current hot stockpiles leaking.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Peak Gasoline Demand Forecasts Aren't Scaring Big Oil

Sounds like EVs net impact on fossil fuel usage in a global sense may be less and slower than earlier projected.

From my 2 year EV ownership experience I expect the move to EVs will happen without rebates just like we moved from horses to cars over 100 years ago.

There are NO OEMs today that can actually profit from mass production of EVs in the next 5+ years.

Massive rebates today will be a massive boost to Asian EV makers. OEMs in the west need 6 more years of development time.

For area daily use I personally plan to do it in a EV for as long as I am driving because an EV makes sense to me and because of my local sphere of influence.

 

[Jstpssng]

That would be okay. Once you get your legal issues resolved maybe you can be his Vice President.

Legal issues? I can't think of any.