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17 connected korrents · 18 moments from 11 Jul 2006 to 23 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about energy and nuclear power.

Everything filed under America America Everything filed under China China Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Everything filed under aviation aviation Rests onSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Americans have repeatedly overreacted drastically to real problems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fear after one vivid incident. Americans have repeatedly overreacteddrastically to real problems like DDT,Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fearafter one vivid incident. Last stated 2 months ago 1 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-01 — tap for who they are Rests on: Nuclear power is dangerous, but not uniquely so among energy sources like coal, oil, and wind. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is dangerous, but notuniquely so among energy sourceslike coal, oil, and wind. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: American manufacturing output cannot meaningfully rise without first building large amounts of new electricity generation. — tap to centre the map on it American manufacturing output cannotmeaningfully rise without firstbuilding large amounts of newelectricity generation. Last stated 2 years ago 6 Apr 2025 MH Molson Hart — holds since 2025-04-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: The hard-headed realists who wrote America's 2001 energy policy expected renewables to stay trivial, and were wrong by an enormous margin. — tap to centre the map on it The hard-headed realists who wroteAmerica's 2001 energy policyexpected renewables to stay trivial,and were wrong by an enormousmargin. Last stated 12 months ago 26 Oct 2025 PK Paul Krugman — holds since 2025-10-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being strong, sovereign, hard-working and deeply competent, ideally also finishing ambitious infrastructure on budget and on time, makes every other problem melt away. — tap to centre the map on it Being strong, sovereign,hard-working and deeply competent,ideally also finishing ambitiousinfrastructure on budget and ontime, makes every other problem meltaway. Last stated a month ago 13 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Europe cannot meet its energy needs from renewables alone and will need nuclear power, solar power from deserts elsewhere, or both. — tap to centre the map on it Europe cannot meet its energy needsfrom renewables alone and will neednuclear power, solar power fromdeserts elsewhere, or both. Last stated 18 years ago 3 Nov 2008 DM David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Frontier AI should be licensed like other high-risk critical technologies such as medicine, aviation, and nuclear energy. — tap to centre the map on it Frontier AI should be licensed likeother high-risk criticaltechnologies such as medicine,aviation, and nuclear energy. Last stated 4 weeks ago 23 Sept 2026 YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear is empirically the safest form of energy -- safer even than solar, once you count the people who fall off roofs. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear is empirically the safestform of energy -- safer even thansolar, once you count the people whofall off roofs. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is politically unreliable as an answer to climate change, because every major accident freezes reactor construction worldwide for another decade. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is politicallyunreliable as an answer to climatechange, because every major accidentfreezes reactor constructionworldwide for another decade. Last stated 3 years ago 4 Mar 2024 SP Serhii Plokhy — holds since 2024-03-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it. — tap to centre the map on it Nuclear power is the wrongtechnology for cutting carbon:efficiency and renewables can do thejob without it. Last stated 16 years ago 21 Mar 2011 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2006-07-11 — tap for who they are GM George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2011-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A continental army's first mission is to keep the regime in power, not to defend the border — which is what the People's Liberation Army is for. — tap to centre the map on it A continental army's first missionis to keep the regime in power, notto defend the border — which is whatthe People's Liberation Army is for. Last stated 4 months ago 9 Jun 2026 SP Sarah Paine — holds since 2026-06-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country cannot fund its own industrial strategy and call the same policy cheating when China does it. — tap to centre the map on it A country cannot fund its ownindustrial strategy and call thesame policy cheating when China doesit. Last stated a year ago 15 May 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-05-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country's scientific trajectory can keep advancing even if political instability or economic uncertainty slows its broader progress. — tap to centre the map on it A country's scientific trajectorycan keep advancing even if politicalinstability or economic uncertaintyslows its broader progress. Last stated 7 months ago 21 Mar 2026 TG Tanner Greer — holds since 2026-03-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its county farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan a golf course does. Last stated a year ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A local SSD might as well be treated as one more layer of the memory cache hierarchy. — tap to centre the map on it A local SSD might as well be treatedas one more layer of the memorycache hierarchy. Last stated 2 years ago 26 Sept 2024 KV Kenton Varda — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A server's real network throughput can exceed what its single fastest port suggests when a protocol supports channel bonding across multiple links. — tap to centre the map on it A server's real network throughputcan exceed what its single fastestport suggests when a protocolsupports channel bonding acrossmultiple links. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 SH Scott Hanselman — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Mars base is not a backup plan for climate change or nuclear war, because self-sufficiency there is centuries away. — tap to centre the map on it A Mars base is not a backup plan forclimate change or nuclear war,because self-sufficiency there iscenturies away. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A regional climate extreme set during an ecological disaster is not evidence that the whole country or planet was hotter — tap to centre the map on it A regional climate extreme setduring an ecological disaster is notevidence that the whole country orplanet was hotter Last stated 3 months ago 22 Jul 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-07-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Americans have repeatedly overreacted drastically to real problems like DDT, Y2K, and nuclear power, swept up in fear after one vivid incident. Last stated 1 Sept 2026 · 2 months ago Holds Tyler Cowen Read this korrent →