Hello, I'm sure you're familiar with the good old Nuclear reactor. It's a fission reactor that makes a lot of power in conjunction with its steam turbines. The nuclear energy system is unlocked on Nauvis, and in the context of Space Age, that makes it an early-to-mid game unlock. For the planet Nauvis, nuclear power is great for the whole game. Water is endless, and uranium is plentiful. For space platforms it's not ideal because it takes a lot of water and a fair amount of space. Solar panels are so good in space, especially near the sun, that it's harder to justify a reactor on a small platform. If you're mainly going around Fulgora then nuclear becomes more competitive because Fulgora has more ice from asteroids and less solar energy. Later, when you head to the 4th new planet, nuclear becomes a much better option because the solar power is so low and ice is more abundant. At that point, you've had nuclear as an option for all the 5 planets (although you probably don't use it on all of them), and a few space routes, so it's time to unlock a new and exciting energy system.
Wind and Solar Will Power Datacenters More Cheaply Than Nuclear, Study Finds - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: Renewable energy sources could power datacenters at a lower cost than relying on nuclear generation from small modular reactors (SMRs), claims a recently revealed study. ... [A]nalysis from the Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) says it would cost 43 per...
Why it's time to dispel the myths about nuclear power
Thirty years has passed since events in Chernobyl, while Japan marks the fifth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster. We need more than ever to have a reasoned discussion on the issues
Fusion Party š Planet Rescue | šµļø Whistleblower Protection | š¬ Innovation
The Fusion Party strives for a free, fair, and innovative society for current and future generations, with meaningful work to meet the critical social and ecological challenges of our times.
Solar is happening. Nuclear is (mostly) not.
The shape of our energy future is making itself known.
The fallout from the AI-fuelled dash for gas
A supply crunch in giant turbines for gas-powered plants threatens environmental and geopolitical consequences
Fedora Atomic Desktops
Find a Fedora atomic desktop to enhance your experience! You can find the latest versions of our atomic desktops here.
A-Life: An Insight into Ambitious AI
The S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series developed by GSC Game World is somewhat of an underrated gem with a global cult following. They are a trilogy of games that take on the role of depicting an alternate history. Within this world, the Chernobyl Incident occurs twice, rather than once. The second time Chernobyl is hit with a blast of radiation, it changes the landscape around it, causing all sorts of issues. There is no clear cause within the game lore but the area is contaminated beyond any repair, leaving it extremely hostile and teeming with unknown creatures born from mutation and other elements. The Chernobyl exclusion zone is then explored by various factions known by some in the game world as Stalkers: hunters of rare artifacts that have formed in this zone. To accommodate this extraordinary world, the developers at GSC developed an interesting A-Life AI system.
Musk's xAI gets go-ahead for 41 natural gas turbines in Mississippi to power Colossus data centers
Campaigners criticize rushed decision by regulator
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either nuclear fission or a combination of fission and nuclear fusion reactions, producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. Nine sovereign states are believed to possess nuclear weapons as of 2026: United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, and Israel.
Celestial Forge
36ā¤ 2.4ā | by DeepInTheDen # Celestial Forge An orbitādriven incremental about building worlds and forging stars. This is my first attempt at making a game so feedback is appreciated! The game autosaves every few seconds but there is a manual save/load and export/import available. #Overview Generators fire balls of mass towards the core, forming a world. Complete celestial bodies, unlock different generator types, discover powerful events, and, once youāre ready, enter the Star Forge to try and forge the largest star while earning the powerful RELICS resource. - MASS: Earned when shots settle on the core. - ORBS: Awarded per full generator orbit. - CELES: Gained by completing bodies. - RELICS: Forged in the Star Forge. # Features -Six generator types: Basic, Burster, Heavy, Critical, Support, and Adaptive, each with their own strengths and weaknesses. - Four events: Solar Flare, Comet Shower, Nebula Bloom, Temporal Distortion. - Achievements: 16 in total to unlock # Credits Design & Development: Solo developer (Me) Music: āFloating in Spaceā by Danijel Zambo (courtesy of Uppbeat) --- Making games is a passion of mine. If you enjoyed this game and would like to support me, you can do so through Ko-Fi. Buy Me a Coffee at https://ko-fi.com/deepintheden
Around 80% of Star Wars Zero Company studio Bit Reactor was reportedly furloughed weeks before its release | VGC
Staff donāt know if theyāll all get their jobs back againā¦
The Whale and the Reactor: A Search for Limits in an Age of High Technology, Second Edition
āIn an age in which the inexhaustible power of scientific technology makes all things possible, it remains to be seen where we will draw the line, where we will be able to say, here are possibilities that wisdom suggest we avoid.ā First published to great acclaim in 1988, Langdon Winnerās groundbreaking exploration of the political, social, and philosophical implications of technology is timelier than ever. He demonstrates that choices about the kinds of technical systems we build and use are actually choices about who we want to be and what kind of world we want to createātechnical decisions are political decisions, and they involve profound choices about power, liberty, order, and justice. A seminal text in the history and philosophy of science, this new edition includes a new chapter, preface, and postscript by the author.
Energy - One Nation Victoria
Victoria sits on coal, gas and uranium. Scrapping net-zero targets, putting Victorian gas first, ending the nuclear ban, and getting power bills back down.
Making Worlds: Introduction
In this multi-part series I try to make a procedural planet generator that runs on the GPU.
