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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I would know, my country (Belgium) did the same

    Didn’t various of your nuclear reactors need huge maintenance? As nuclear reactors get older the maintenance cost get crazy high. I remember seeing reports that said electrical grid problems could likely happen due to the age.

    Though it seems you mean more nuclear had to be built a few decades ago? That likely would be good at that time.

    But in this age, nuclear is costly if built now. Resulting in high electricity prices. That’ll make a country uncompetitive.


  • Not Gen II reactors, which could be [built and running only 4-5 years after the beginning of the construction

    Pretty much every nuclear reactor that’s recently been built has been crazily over budget and significantly late. It seems it is usually a decade later than planned.

    Anyway, the beginning of construction is a highly misleading timeframe. There’s a long process before construction even starts. Not unique to nuclear reactors.

    I dislike nuclear reactor discussions because of similar arguments. E.g. “new technology” fixes some problem, while ignoring the drawbacks. Or when it is pointed out that the approval process can take ages there’s often the “just force it through”. For years I’ve seen people advocate for SMRs. Which turn out to be to have loads of drawbacks, yet again.

    If someone says that it’ll take 15 years then the person didn’t solely mean the actual construction. They mean from wanting it to having it working.

    If a city decides on a new area for homes the actual construction of those homes is just a tiny part of the whole process. If you buy such a new home there can be a huge difference to when you signed for it and when construction starts. The contract is about start until end of construction, the mortgage around it is not, at least in Netherlands.









  • According to the French road safety observatory 84% of fatal car accidents in 2022-2023 were caused by men.

    How many kms do men drive vs women? And does it differ across the type of road? And what about age?

    In Netherlands if there’s a couple often the man drives, not the woman. It used to be way more expensive to insure yourself as a man. That until they said it wasn’t allowed anymore. Then suddenly insurance rates were dropped quite a bit for men, hardly went up for women.

    I’m guessing/wondering if there’s a difference on how often a man drives vs a woman. Coupled with testosterone effects for men under 25 or so. In Netherlands men under 25 aren’t known to dive safely.

    84% is still huge, but seems they aren’t looking at the right figure.