GokuSS4 wrote on 2023-11-02, 01:13:🤡
not because of the war, it because of the politics who forced the phase-out of nuclear energy. germany is going to deindustria […]
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NostalgicAslinger wrote on 2023-07-12, 18:10:
cyclone3d wrote on 2023-07-12, 17:58:
What is the reasoning behind wanting a super low wattage Windows 98 machine?
Countries like Germany have very high energy prices because of the Ukraine war, so I can understand that.
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not because of the war, it because of the politics who forced the phase-out of nuclear energy. germany is going to deindustrialize fast 😀
but BTT:
what about an notebook instead of a desktop?
I second the laptop idea. It can be powered by a single DC voltage, also.
If requires between 15v and 18v, it might be possible to use a lead-gel battery and a solar panel to operate it fully independently from the mains.
Radio amateurs usually use 12v to 13,8v to power various equipment in their shack.
Ideal for emergency radio purposes.
PS: About the price in Germany.. It's complicated. Or rather, a comprehensive matter.
It has political reasons (Fukushima, protesting of citizens, conflicts etc), but also technical ones.
Our nuc. power plants are among the best (well, they used to be in the 1960s), but there's a catch.
a) There's currently no depot available to store the nuc. waste. The primary storage, the salt mine Gorleben is breaking down, water sneaks in. Existing waste must be "rescued" already.
b) The reprocessing/refreshing of elements is done by our French neighbors, which is a political balancing act.
It also involves castor trains moving back and forth, which is dangerous in those times.
c) There's no money and/or political support to build new power plants.
The existing ones used to be great, but that was decades ago.
They now fall apart, also due to wear out. The materials have a limited lifetime.
Meanwhile, our modern, but scrapped power plant designs are being evaluated in places like China. Using small, individual nuc. "pellets" as a failsafe mechanism is an interesting concept, too.
d) We have educated/capable nuc. experts, but they're leaving to other places.
Understandable. It's a common practice to study in Germany, then leave. I can't blame them.
Who ever has worked in education or social institutions knows how little people are actually being valued.
It's a social problem, we can't blame politics here. Not completely, at least.
My home town is nice for work/shopping, but not exactly to raise kids/to live. Too much bureaucracy, I think.
Too few people who raise their heads, stop walking and consciously realize their surroundings once in a while.
Watching the birds or squirrels, hearing the sounds of leaves rattling in the wind.. These kind of things.
By comparison, things were much brighter in the 90s, or so it seemed.
I kinda miss those old silly people who play with their grandchildren or do other silly and irrational things.
Ironically, these oldtimers were less squarely than my generation or that of my father or my sister.
When I see the current generation raising their kids, I'm in horror.
They talk to their children as if they were pets, maybe even lesser than that. I see this so often when riding the tram.
That's when I feel ashamed of my generation. We got so much love, why can't we pass it on? *sigh* 😔
(Edit: I'm not trying to say that people are generally cold-hearted or something. That's not how the country is.
No, there are many kind souls around, of course.
But the parenting style has somewhat changed, it seems. Please let me elaborate:
Ok, you see a child and it's mother on the tram station. The 5 year old child is crying, maybe because it's tired or thirsty.
Child: Cries at high volume, while stamping with the feets (hyper active? Parents deny attention?).
Mother (not facing the child):"No, I don't give you something now, Florian. Stop crying! Do you listen? You're embarrassing me. Florian! Stop crying, or.."
Back in the 90s, it was more like this.:
Mother/Grandma (facing the child): "Florian, why are you crying?"
Child (uttering at low volume): "Th-irsty. I want drinking."
Mother/Grandma: "Nah, I don't have something to drink now, my dear. But we're home soon. Just wait a bit longer."
Them hugging and entering the tram.)
Anyway, maybe it's just me. Complaining is very German, after all. Let's be proud to not to be proud. 😉
Edit: About the power/electricity thing..
Europe has a common power grid, which is electrically connected.
Member countries do support this common grid according to their current capacity.
So it's unlikely that one country "goes down" so suddenly.
However, prices may sky rocket for the weakest country in desperate need for electricity.
That's also why the nuc. "exit" of Germany is a bit of a problem here.
France continues to use nuc. power plants. So "we" indirectly still continue to make use of nuc. power, which might be ethically questionable.
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Edit: A "sun oven" would be a fine replacement for a conventional nuc. power plant.
Engineers are already working on it, but a real world use is still in the future. Not so far anymore, though.
Maybe within the next 20 years.. If we're still around by then.
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