I'll make a cached copy but for now, I am proud to (checks notes) reference, yes, the following:
By Haley Zaremba of OilPrice.com
An experimental Chinese nuclear plant reportedly just crossed a historic threshold, successfully operating the world’s first thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR). The Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics has broken a major scientific barrier by successfully converting thorium to uranium in a historic first.
This bioenergy cycle explores how microorganisms—algae, yeast, and bacteria—can work together to produce renewable fuels like methane, ethanol (alcohol), and butane. These biofuels can be created in a closed-loop system that recycles waste and maximizes energy extraction.
Authored by John Rubino via Substack,
Pretend, for a moment, that it’s 1971 and you’re President Richard Nixon (admittedly disturbing fantasies, but bear with me). You face the perennial government income/outflow dilemmas, and other countries, noting your struggle, are trying to cash their dollars in for your limited pile of gold bars.
I don't think it's due to solar out-performing. News says the reactors are down for maintenance / corrision repairs. I'm afraid the anti-nuclear movement is political: successful nuclear would obsolete the climate change stuff. Whether they say they shut down nuclear because solar outperforms, or because there is corrosion, is besides the point.
I would hope energy prices go negative on good days! That's the excess energy you can feed into AI and crypto mining.
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