GirthBrooksPLO

joined 1 month ago
[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I'm tired, boss

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I think it's time to show the government why the right to govern is given by the consent of governed.

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Already switched to grapheneOS

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Bremerton has started to revitalize the downtown, pedestrianising streets and such. Its better than it used to be. I've been wanting a lightrail to replace the 303 running down east bremerton over the warren ave bridge to improve the traffic situation with the shipyard.

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I emaoled my congresswoman about this. I told her not to support it and why; but more importantly, I told her that anyone with the technical acumen will simply not comply with this law.

That's the hidden cost of what orange Shitler has unleashed, the debasement of our public institutions. How powerful is a government that is ignored by its constituents?

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's a bad faith argument. As someone who spent years in the nuclear industry, a lot of the regulation exists to strangle the industry.

An example was at Vogtle in Georgia, where a section of pipe was determined by the NRC inspectors to be too small and ordered it redesigned.

When that happens, that's where huge delays come in. The design has to go back to home office and be redesigned and bench tested. While that happens, worm is stalled on that section of the plant. That costs money because all the workers still need to be paid.

They redesigned the pipe and installed it just for the NRC to go back and say that the original pipe was correct and to put it back.

The cost of nuclear also comes from the way we manage energy utilities. When a solar farm is built, the builders can just sell it to the utility and walk away, no consideration for decommissioning or waste disposal or environmental considerations.

A nuclear plant requires a whole plan and money on how it will be decommissioned by the builders themselves. Nuclear is the only power type held to this standard.

Nuclear power is a good thing, and its time the greens and people left of center get on board. Its scientifically sound and immensely powerful with no greenhouse gasses released.