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Harvey Wasserman embraces your views with a Solartopian vision of the people’s politics, ecology, holistic health and much more.
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Friday Nov 17, 2023
Friday Nov 17, 2023
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> A COMPREHENSIVE DEEP DIVE INTO A SMALL MODULAR RENEWABLE SOLARTOPIA WITH AMORY LOVINS et. al.
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> Our Earth-Shattering GREEP zoom #157 takes us on a unique two-hour journey into the brave new world of renewable energy.
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> We start with LINDA SEELEY of the Mothers for Peace, who updates us on the multi-front fight to shut California’s Diablo Canyon Nukes.
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> The great SCOTT DENMAN then takes us through monumental collapse of NuScale’s Small Modular Reactor scam.
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> NuScale has been at the center of the so-called “Nuclear Renaissance” for large reactors which collapsed 2007-2012.
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> That fantasy gave way to a “resurgence” of Small Modular Reactors which has just collapsed.
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> NuScale went to Utah municipal utilities to buy into the SMR scam.
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> But this past week, as Scott tells us, the SMR scam has collapsed.
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> Great green guru AMORY LOVINS follows with a magnificent overview of the global conversion to renewable energy.
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> Carbon + cost + speed are the keys to the green transition, he says.
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> Renewables have added 986x net capacity than nuclear in 2022, he says.
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> In September 2022-October 2023, solar is running way faster than anybody can keep up with, he adds.
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> With an “integrate design,” and an “unimaginably big” cornucopia of renewables, we can meet our de-carbonization goals.
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> New grid materials brighten the equation.
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> Big reactors now cost 5-8x renewables; small reactors are 20-32x more expensive than renewables, even with mass production.
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> Solar and wind generate “variably” in predictable ways, widening the cost gap nukes must overcome to match renewables.
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> “Baseload” from nuclear has now become both obsolete and detrimental.
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> Lovins cites ten means of firming supply/demand reliability at extremely low cost compared to fossil/nukes.
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> JUSTIN LEBLANC, RON LEONARD, WENDI LEDERMAN and MYLA RESON join in on the discussion.
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> We also hear from ROY MORRISON on how to do community-owned renewable power.
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> Amory also recommends X-Change at RMI.org and Applied Hope on renewables and cars.
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> At the end we learn it’s Amory’s birthday, contributing to the truly beautiful, powerful spirit of this gathering.
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> Don’t miss it!!! & we’ll see you in Solartopia…..