Worldwide Energy Crisis

[Kirkhill]

It is going to be bad this summer for power generation, if we don’t get some moisture.

Well you can always send us some of that Chinese coal for us to burn But we have our own.

 

[suffolkowner]

Are you talking about Canada?

Other than shooting it into space, burying it deep and monitoring it is the only feasible COA.

bury it in a subduction zone?

 

[brihard]

Be nice if the bloody government hadn’t sold off CANDU from AECL years ago. This is strategic infrastructure, and should be a federal level strategy-driven issue.

 

[Brad Sallows]

bury it in a subduction zone?

Jerry Pournelle observed - only partly facetiously - that encasing the waste in an inert substance (ie. glass) and stacking it in a fenced compound in the desert would serve. The perimeter fence would mark the limit of tolerable radiation, and signs would essentially warn trespassers that to approach would be to die. I suppose there would actually have to be some security to prevent motivated and well-equipped intrusion. The advantage is that it's highly accessible when someone figures out a use for the stuff. Storage underground would be reasonable, and probably safer, but not out of reach, and not any place not highly tectonically stable.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Next you will want sharks with frickin laser beam attached....

It is going to be bad this summer for power generation, if we don’t get some moisture.

We have 3 feet of snow back in Halifax, and 30-40 more CMs coming Tuesday... Want to borrow some ?

FYI I'm in Ireland right now lol My wife is not pleased lol

 

[Good2Golf]

Be nice if the bloody government hadn’t sold off CANDU from AECL years ago. This is strategic infrastructure, and should be a federal level strategy-driven issue.

…to SNC Lavelin….errr…I mean, AtkinsRéalis.

Not a good look on the Harper government back in 2011.

 

[Kirkhill]

Lithium battery warehouse goes up in flames

Blaze raises concerns about storage of components known to spontaneously combust

www.telegraph.co.uk

A warehouse in France storing lithium batteries caught fire on Saturday, amid growing fears over their safety.

The fire on Saturday afternoon occurred at a storehouse in the southern town of Viviez, in Aveyron, where 900 tons of lithium batteries were waiting to be recycled.

Authorities ordered residents to stay indoors and keep their windows closed as thick smoke billowed over the town. No injuries or deaths were reported and the cause of the fire has yet to be established.

Lithium batteries, found in electric scooters and vacuum cleaners, are known to spontaneously combust if they overheat or become damaged. Their dangers have raised concerns in countries where e-bikes have been promoted as a climate-friendly mode of transportation.


Jean-Louis Denoit, the mayor of Viviez, called Saturday’s fire “shocking” and told French news channel BFMTV: “Behind all this, there is indeed reason to ask questions about the function of electric vehicles and lithium batteries.”

It took 70 firefighters to put the fire under control, after which air quality tests were conducted and the lockdown order lifted.

In the UK, a proposal to build one of Europe’s largest battery storage facilities near the village of Granborough, in Buckinghamshire, was met with fierce opposition by locals who have expressed environmental and safety concerns.

The plan, by the energy company Statera, calls for a 500 MW battery energy storage system that would span 26 acres of land.

Responding to the plans, the Claydon Solar Action Group wrote on social media: “Unacceptable risks of fire, explosion, air and water pollution, a major accident waiting to happen just 500 metres away from residential properties.”