Regarding the proposal of expanding the use of nuclear power to reduce our emissions, there is simply not enough uranium to make that worthy of consideration:
Uranium abundance: At the current rate of uranium consumption with conventional reactors, the world supply of viable uranium, which is the most common nuclear fuel, will last for 80 years. Scaling consumption up to 15 TW, the viable uranium supply will last for less than 5 years. (Viable uranium is the uranium that exists in a high enough ore concentration so that extracting the ore is economically justified.)https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.htmlI have not seen the show yet, but I am definitively interested! https://phys.org/news/2011-05-nuclear-power-world-energy.html
Apart from increasing research on nuclear fusion reactors, which works on a completely different principle and promise clean and unlimited energy once its monumental challenges are (hopefully) resolved, mankind should be focusing on renewable sources and energy carriers (vectors) to accumulate and transport the “excess” energy produced by the elements when there is less demand on the grid.
This brings me to a point I think has not yet been discussed in the forum, that it is of my interest and I believe will also be a consideration for some other members: the sustainability of our hobby. The focus here I think should be the reliability and expected longevity of the electronics and to a lesser extent speakers, something that it is embedded in both the design and manufacturing of a product. There is also the energy consumption and footprint of the media of choice (hint: streaming is terribly unsustainable) but it is probably worth a separate discussion
"Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has accurately estimated the planet's economically accessible uranium resources, reactors could run more than 200 years at current rates of consumption."
Dont know who is right
Compared to the energy used to distribute physical media, planes, trains, boats and trucks, the energy consumption of streaming is not an issue.
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