But Google's overwhelming market share may mean a degradation of service over the years. If only there were good alternatives that one didn't have to pay people to use!
Perhaps if patents held up to a profit threshold (derived from development costs) rather than a fixed duration, patents would be able to provide protection to innovators without feeding troll scum.
Do these smaller reactors found on nuclear subs not require significantly higher fuel enrichment than the average power plant? Is this cost-effective, or even safe, to use on a large scale?
I don't know how much energy a nuclear sub could provide, but there must be a good reason why we don't normally wire them into the power grid?
I was referring to the floating nuclear plants that have been getting more attention lately. Using the ocean as a heat sink certainly won't help with rising sea levels, though!
Floating nuclear power plant technology will resolve this issue long before it even becomes a problem; there are already prototypes in production.
There are far more pressing issues brought about by rising sea levels... All the more reason to join the Seasteading movement and be among the first to migrate to a floating city!
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You had me until #3. ;)
But Google's overwhelming market share may mean a degradation of service over the years. If only there were good alternatives that one didn't have to pay people to use!
Perhaps if patents held up to a profit threshold (derived from development costs) rather than a fixed duration, patents would be able to provide protection to innovators without feeding troll scum.
Do these smaller reactors found on nuclear subs not require significantly higher fuel enrichment than the average power plant? Is this cost-effective, or even safe, to use on a large scale?
I don't know how much energy a nuclear sub could provide, but there must be a good reason why we don't normally wire them into the power grid? I was referring to the floating nuclear plants that have been getting more attention lately. Using the ocean as a heat sink certainly won't help with rising sea levels, though!
Mars Terraforming Project - Stage 1: Culture vast quantities of methanogens to warm the red planet with an organic haze. :)
Floating nuclear power plant technology will resolve this issue long before it even becomes a problem; there are already prototypes in production. There are far more pressing issues brought about by rising sea levels... All the more reason to join the Seasteading movement and be among the first to migrate to a floating city!