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Submission + - "Three Body" live adaptation of Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin (youtube.com)

Submitted by gordm on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:02AM

gordm writes: The YouTube playlist offers the first 4 episodes (of a 30 episode series) for free, although the videos include Chinese ads. It has received some decent reviews.

Be sure your YouTube subtitles are turned on.

This was first noted by pfemme2 on Reddit.

I've only watched E01 and noted the most unpleasant reaction I had during my first-read of the book is front-loaded into E01 of the show... that is it is suggested GMO and advanced technologies are a blight upon humanity. I kept reading, and I'm glad I did. But for any viewers put-off by that moment, and not knowing what TBP is about... that moment pays off later.

Submission + - COP27 Nuclear Debate (youtube.com)

Submitted by gordm on Sunday November 20, 2022 @01:30PM

gordm writes: At COP27, Tobias HoÌlle (activist with Fridays for Future) debated Mark Nelson (of Radiant Energy) as to whether nuclear power can help us tackle climate change.

Tobias and Mark disagree on nuclear lifecycle emissions. It appeared neither was allowed to share citations with the audience, but here as likely sources based upon the emission numbers givenâ¦

Nuclear high-carbon numbers from https://wiseinternational.org/...â>WISE International.

Nuclear low-carbon numbers from https://unece.org/sed/document...â>United Nations European Economic Commission.

Submission + - Gavin Newsom considers delaying closure of Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (latimes.com)

Submitted by gordm on Friday April 29, 2022 @03:08PM

gordm writes: Following appeals from scientists, a Stanford+MIT Study showing Diablo Canyon could save California $21 Billion, demand curtailment and a projected generation shortfall...

Gavin Newsom is now considering keeping Diablo Canyon open.

Diablo Canyon generated 6% of California's total electricity in 2021, and 12% of California's carbon-free electricity.

Elon Musk has Tweeted in support of keeping Diablo Canyon open, and in support of keeping European nuclear power plants running.

Submission + - Keep Diablo Canyon open, 75 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs tell Newsom (sanluisobispo.com) 1

Submitted by gordm on Thursday February 03, 2022 @06:18PM

gordm writes: Dr. Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy under the Obama administration and a Nobel laureate, and more than 75 scientists, academics and entrepreneurs sent a letter to Newsom urging him to find a way to keep the plant open because of the necessary carbon-free, clean electricity it provides to the state’s electricity grid. Diablo Canyon currently provides about 18,000 gigawatt-hours of clean electricity annually, comprising of about 10% of the state’s electricity portfolio.

https://drive.google.com/file/...

“But even if California could replace Diablo Canyon with renewable energy in the near term, that is not the right goal. Mere replacement is not enough; replacement would merely freeze emissions at their currently dangerous level,” the letter reads. “The right goal is to reduce carbon emissions as fast as possible, and the right means to do that is to add renewables on top of Diablo Canyon’s carbon-free energy, not in place of that energy.”

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