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Google commits to buying power generated by nuclear-energy startup Kairos Power

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589 points atomic128 | 1 comments | 14 Oct 24 19:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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encoderer ◴[14 Oct 24 19:21 UTC] No.41840917[source]▶
Finally, 24 years in, it’s really starting to FEEL like a new century.
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create-username ◴[14 Oct 24 19:32 UTC] No.41841021[source]▶
Whatever. We’ve done too little, too late in order to tackle the climate threats.

We’ve had the technology to build and deploy nuclear reactors for decades but we’ve been burning coal and fuel like there’s no tomorrow so well…

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1. silver_silver ◴[15 Oct 24 00:07 UTC] No.41843580[source]▶
It’s still possible to mitigate without upending society (provided the Hansen paper is wrong), but just barely and not for long. It is absolutely dire and urgent but we’re not beyond hope for the future generations yet.