I think what you’re describing here is the best case scenario (if he would drop one). The worst case scenario (the one I’m most worried about) is that other (adversarial) nuclear powers react to the US launching one by launching their own, aimed at either the US, Israel or (worst of all) somewhere unrelated, like someplace in Europe or on Kiev.
Lol, they should start doing that here in the Netherlands, just for fun. There are SO many people that go fuel in Belgium or Germany. People would lose their minds.
They always act like we have it so tough here but then I read something like this and it really puts things into perspective.
It would be pretty funny if the bubble burst while Trump and his cronies are balls deep in the Iran war. That might honestly be enough to ruin the whole country.
I don’t think MTG has a chance, she’s alienated too much of the republican party. Also, she’s a woman. They never do well, especially not in the republican party.
happily vote for the next Trump
You mean Trump himself? There’s no chance in hell he wouldn’t try to run again if he hasn’t kicked the bucket by then.
It’s pretty unlikely he’ll make it until then and if he does die I’m not sure who will be his successor (definitely not charisma black hole JD) but if not then he’s too proud to give anyone else a chance.
If only… He seems to be able to do whatever the hell he wants and get away with all of it.
I mean, why would they stop? They can’t hit the US and can barely hit Israel. Their best approach is to drag them through the mud by causing as much chaos as possible. Every country that’s not taking measures against Israel and the US is more or less complicit anyway. Europe especially really needs to stop pussy-footing around Israel just because of WW2.
It was a long time ago and we should be able to speak out against them. But no, instead we have governments that barely speak up and basically allow them to do whatever they want, including committing genocide in Gaza, constantly attacking Lebanon, now attacking Iran and soon attacking the next country (Turkey?).
Germany has a lot of plug-in solar for balconies (Balkonkraftwerke) and it’s available at very cheap prices (example here). I know it only provides up to 800W on a very sunny day but that’s still a significant amount for an apartment. And the beauty of these is that they are so plug-and-play, everything is included. You hang it, connect the cables and plug it into a socket and then you’re done.
I live in the Netherlands but I’ve been seriously considering picking up one of these if my building HoA doesn’t want to do a rooftop solar project for our building.
There are people in the Netherlands that have the system you describe. This is pretty rare though due to the massive push for new energy meters that’s been going on for the last 10 years or so. And with good reason: lots of the old meters people had were pretty unsafe and unreliable. For most people, having automatic usage reports going to both them and the electricity provider far outweighs the downsides.
Most of us are in a similar situation as Germany. We have smart meters that allow you to provide power back to the grid and this is currently very profitable. However, from 2027 onwards they are (mostly) getting rid of the profits this brings the consumer, in order to make the grid more stable and also for other, less clear (most likely energy company and government spending related) reasons.
As someone who’s worked in the grid provider field for a bit I’m not necessarily against this change; peak power surges due to lots of people selling of their excess solar power production is a huge problem that’s making the energy transition that much more difficult. Even in local grids, we’re starting to have to use massive power cables to be able to handle this. This brings with it a lot of extra costs and permit nonsense, making the life of the grid manager that much more difficult.
I wish people would take this upcoming deadline to start electrying more things in their house. But if my parents are anything to go by, all they’ll do is complain about losing their golden goose that they’ve profited from for over 10 years. They could get an electric car instead of their nonsense plug-in hybrid, they could electrify their heating needs, they could install a home battery and so much more. I know it costs money to do so but you basically run all of it for free most of the year. And besides that, with all the current global issues that are going on the reliance on fossil fuels should be phased out rapidly.
I wish they would move all their stuff there. And then for a bomb to drop on them. That’d be great.
Don’t get me wrong, I agree with you that the other options are better. I’m just saying that nuclear can be a good temporary step in between to buy us time to perform the complete transition. And I get what you’re saying about hydrogen but with the issues surrounding drinking water I don’t know if we should really lean on that too much.
I’d say both are mistakes. Nuclear has a long-term implementation process due to how long it takes to build. Of course solar and wind (and other clean technologies that we’re not even aware of yet) will be the future but there are times where those technologies fall short (cloudy day, no wind). That’s where nuclear could be a base-line option to help us until we find a permanent solution. I know it comes with it’s own challenges but it’s still infinitely cleaner than coal or anything like that.
Of course fusion looks really promising but that technology still needs a lot of time in the oven before it will be usable on a large scale. Nuclear has been proven to work.
I can’t wait for it to crash and burn, this bubble is getting so ridiculous.
Let’s see how long it takes before he gets another pardon and a government position.
One can only hope, I can’t wait to see it all burn. All those shitty AI companies can go to hell as far as I’m concerned, they add no value to my life whatsoever.
Can you explain why you feel that way? Because in my mind (as a 31-year old that posted lots of cringe things on Facebook back in the day when I was a kid) I don’t necessarily think this is a bad thing but maybe I’m wrong?
There’s plenty of countries (in Europe or elsewhere) where Americans are still welcome. Here in the Netherlands we have quite a American community and we like having them, as long as they’re not maga crazies.
I think they’re too far in the hole at this point. Even the bottomless goon profit pit isn’t gonna save them from oblivion unless they magically invent a way to make AI a lot better. And deservedly so.
I think that people with access to higher education who also have constant access to world news is bound to lead to people not wanting to put their kids through it. If you compare that to someone who barely has access to the internet and whose main focus is trying to feed their family and it’s a whole different situation. Humans need meaning in their lives and in western societies this has been waning for a while now.
I mean, both sides are still continuing to shoot at each other so I’d say the cease-fire has failed before it even started. The west is hoping the strait will be reopened and is basically only talking about the cease-fire and not how the attacks back and forth are still ongoing.
When I saw Iran’s statement last night it mostly read as them being snarky and sarcastic. I don’t understand how the news here seems to think it’s all solved now.