[–] 1 point 7 months ago (5 children)

My focus isn't on which type of energy is cheapest. An energy grid that is not predictable is worthless. Wiknd power, solar power, are great complements, but a grid using only those is not viable. Hydroelectric is great, but limited. Geothermal is not really viable in mainland Europe.

I'm worried about a realistic transition from fossile fuels to non fossile fuels. Nuclear is realistic, renewable as a main source in Europe is utopic and unrealistic.

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  • [–] 0 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    No, what are you talking about? A nuclear power plant takes less than a decade to build.

    Renewable energy at the scale of a country is impossible to achieve in such a short time in Europe. We dont have huge geothermal taps, which countries having achieved 100% renewable energy have, and we consume a lot more energy.

    Cheaper is great, but it's not continuous, it's not scaleable in a short period of time, and requires a fuckton more maintainance capability than a dozen nuclear power plants.

    I will reiterate: A full renewable energy grid in Europe is impossible with our current tech, especially in a reasonable timeframe. That's why instead of solar power plants, countries prefer to subsidies local, individual solar panel installations, for instance.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (12 children)

    It is much faster to build nuclear power plants that can cover a country's needs than to fully transition said country to renewable.

    It's expensive upfront. But it is cheap to operate afterwards, and cost efficient to renew. Look at France.

    Germany made a major, major mistake when then phased out of nuclear energy.

    We have uranium in Europe. We just don't exploit it. But even if we did not, there is plenty of countries in the world exporting uranium, on all continents. It's much less of a strategic issue than relying on rare materials for renewable, or on gas/oil.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    Does this systemd change facilitate future verification softwares? Definitely. Will it become a part of systemd? Extremely unlikely. Should systemd rebel and refuse to include anything facilitating these disturbing laws? Eh, probably.

    But let's not blow this change out of proportions. This is a way for systemd to not aggressively fight the laws, without enabling them either. This field changes nothing, and you will still be able to use distros that don't even employ the field at all. They might become illegal to use in the land of the free, but that's a separate issue that this change does not impact.

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