Comments by "Asbestos Muffins" (@AsbestosMuffins) on "Undecided with Matt Ferrell" channel.

  1. 1950s as well: Nuclear fission and fusion will provide limitless energy 2050: Wobbley tubemen everywhere
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  2. fords mustang uses an integral battery pack as a structural element, though its still removable as it contains quite a lot of parts that may need serviced at some point
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  3. the only big benefit of 3d printed houses is that it moves us away from all stick built houses, and make thicker walls, something that helps with heating and cooling, but it seems a lot of these are 3d printed lower floors and stick built uppers
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  4. I find it more interesting that people can use 3d printing to manufacture tooling which can be used to mass produce stuff
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  5. The guys making a nuclear 'battery' are being disingenuous around their product. I'm not sure micro really has a place on the ground, SMRs are probably the right scale since they will still require significant grid infrastructure and handling systems, similar in size to a gas fired power plant
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  6. in theory, a purpose built, nationally supplemented cargo ship could work, maybe the only way it could work, since it would require state level international agreements to allow nuclear cargo ships to travel to european ports. The biggest hurdle really is the crew since current merchant mariners are not usually the best and brightest, outside of a few critical roles. the previous era of nuclear cargo ships also failed because they weren't container ships
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  7. I think one of the biggest benefits not really talked about is these reactors have no proliferation capability. they just don't make plutonium, and don't create the excuse for the need to generate HEU either, so no nuclear bomb program on the side
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  8. probably ultimately depends on how close to current tooling and production equipment a lithium-sulfur battery can be constructed. if its the same equipment with different setups then we can make the switch
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  9. a lot of black tar roofs absolutely should be replaced with white roofs, at least the flat ones
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  10. nuclear warships the sizes of destroyers are problematic. You don't have a lot of armor and you don't have a lot of excess buoyancy.
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  11. 5 years before nuclear fusion
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