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Chris Hipkins has just told New Zealanders that Labour will scrap the country’s energy backstop and reinstate the ban on oil and gas exploration. You have to ask, does Labour’s energy policy come with a free can opener? Because if Hipkins gets his way, Kiwi families will be eating cold spaghetti from a can, in the dark. Labour’s plan to keep the lights on and power bills down? You’re looking at it. Just hope. Hope that it rains. But when the sun doesn’t shine, the wind doesn’t blow, and the lakes are low, we need a backup. You can’t run a country on wishful thinking. New Zealand needs renewables and a reliable backstop, so every household has secure, affordable power, and so we can protect the jobs Kiwis work so hard at.

@pccrypto0910 @ErikSTownsend There is 200 million tonnes of Uranium dissolved (and environmentally sensatively retrievable) in ocean water, available to anyone on Earth. More than we need. Australia can supply it a bit cheaper but it doesn't really matter what price you pay for U.

@ErikSTownsend If what you’re saying is true then Australia (with 30% of the world supply) will be a future frontier for war. For comparison, the most oil supply that any one country has is around 17-18%

I just can't say this loudly enough: The global balance of power for the next 50-100 years will be determined by who is first to make nuclear energy cost less than coal and gas. Energy dominance directly leads to geopolitical dominance; history is crystal clear on that. China is quietly kicking the West's ass down the street. America's present nuclear renaissance is exactly the right recipe, but it's going to prove too little too late at the rate we're going. China will assume the role of global dominance USA enjoyed for the last 80 years for the next 100 years, and it will have been our failure to modernize and economize our nuclear energy strategy that cause the West to lose our dominance. This story will take decades to play out, but the handwriting on the wall couldn't be more clear: China is kicking our ass and we're too goddamned stupid and complacent to realize it. DOE's nuclear leadership under @SecretaryWright and companies like @AaloAtomics are fantastic news for America. But compared to China's nuclear energy program, we're so far behind that it will be nearly impossible to catch up. And we handed China all the American-made technology they needed on a silver platter. It sickens me to see what's coming so clearly and have so many around me completely blind to it.

@DrunkenMighty @ErikSTownsend If that is true, you can point me to all the solar panels and batteries being made with mostly solar energy. If those don't exist-- then solar is unsuitable for manufacturing.

@ErikSTownsend The cheapest form of energy will win and that is solar. Nuclear is too complex to ever match it's ease. In a few decades, once solar and batteries have been built. It will provide incredibly cheap power even with maintenance. sl.bing.net/fJgDlTeQhnU

@geoffreykarren @ErikSTownsend It takes less than 1 year to convert a coal or gas plant to run on a nuclear heat source-- according to engineers. If you want to ask bureaucrats whose job it is to protect oil and gas fueled utilities, such as the NRC, they will take forever.

@ErikSTownsend 10-15 year nuclear projects are NOT the answer. In the Permian basin, nat gas is so abundant (and pipelines so scarce), the price is often negative. With abundant #natgas and insanely abundant solar energy (i.e. the sun), there is no “real” energy scarcity issue in the US.

@MattSageInc @ErikSTownsend Everyone loves nuclear now. Dems over 50%. Reps over 65%. A few old boomers haven't got the message but they are a dying breed.

@ErikSTownsend I’d argue BESS plus renewables will be major platform. We forget how difficult is to convince society to nuclear technology. Yet, people can buy PV panels with DIY kits.

@FrusteredHedgy @Nuclear_BP They were planning to sell the solar to Germany and USSA. But we aren't buying enough so they may as well plug it in at home.

@Nuclear_BP With this kind of capability and capacity, why would China erect so many solar farms that are less efficient and less environmentally sound?

🇨🇳 China's Mind-Boggling Nuclear Factory: 50 Reactors at Once 🤯 If you think the nuclear industry is stuck in slow motion, look at China. They just announced a jaw-dropping capability: they can now construct up to 50 nuclear reactors simultaneously. To put their absolute dominance into perspective, here is what the scoreboard looks like right now: 🟢 60 Reactors already up, running, and powering the grid. 🏗️ 36 Reactors actively under construction—which accounts for over half of the entire world's total nuclear builds. 🚀 7 More scheduled to be commissioned and turned on before the year ends. 🛠️ How Are They Doing It? This isn't luck; it's a massive industrial playbook execution. China has turned nuclear deployment into a streamlined assembly line using: Standardized Designs: No re-inventing the wheel with every build. Mature Supply Chains: Every part and piece arrives exactly when and where it is needed. Decisive Execution: Unwavering state momentum to deliver massive, clean, reliable baseload power at scale. The Wake-Up Call: Nuclear isn't just a viable alternative for a clean energy transition; it is entirely essential for a high-energy future. The West needs to match this raw ambition or risk falling permanently behind in the global energy race. 🔗 Dive deeper into the full data: #aseanreport" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nuclearbusiness-platform.com/asia/market-ov… #NuclearEnergy #NuclearPower #EnergySecurity #CleanEnergy #China #SMR #Infrastructure

@EVCurveFuturist So that's 1/10th of an average nuclear power plant, which would be a lot cheaper and survive (FOR REAL) earthquakes and storms.

China switched on the world’s largest open-sea offshore solar farm in late 2025. 2.3 million solar panels. 2,934 steel platforms. 11,736 piles driven into the ocean floor. Generates ~1.78 TWh annually, enough to power around 2.67 million people. Built to survive force-11 gales and sea ice while sitting nearly 8 km offshore. Oh… and they’re farming fish underneath it too. Solar above. Food below. Fossil fuels increasingly looking like old industrial scaffolding from a previous civilisation.

@timventura Good idea! See related thoughts at solidStateFusion.org

What if nuclear half-life were adjustable? That’s the compelling premise behind the Betavoltaic nuclear battery: a throttle turning a long-lived emitter into real, usable electrical current. altpropulsion.com/a-nuclear-batt… #LENR #ColdFusion #Nuclear #Science #Physics #Technology

@TomHQ @TomSteyer @grok Do wind and solar help gas frackers and peaker plants make MUCH MORE MONEY by creating chaos in pricing on over 1000 CAISO substations. Free energy markets can be casinos and the Frack House always wins! CAISO big screens show gamblers clouds racing to the wind&solar farms

.@TomSteyer: When I bring down electricity costs, that’s putting money in every family’s pocket and every business’s pocket. In the Central Valley, you have to use a lot of electricity to irrigate and move the water to where it has to go. California farmers pay three times as much for electricity to move water as Texas farmers. I want to bring that down.

@TomHQ @TomSteyer Tom, you have a bad history of trying to kill America's biggest clean safe nuclear energy plant at Palos Verde. You spent millions on a ballot initiative which failed. Are you ready to support innovation in nuclear energy now? We can do better than 1975 LWR designs.

@minenergybiz Time to make a U turn.

Unreal numbers 👀⚡️ "JPMorgan estimates that, had Germany not phased out nuclear power, the country would have generated 50% less electricity from fossil fuels and 84% less electricity from natural gas in 2024. Electricity prices in Germany would have been around 25% lower, and the country would have imported half as much electricity.."

@mr_wartung @minenergybiz @Kasparov63 Nonsense. Gas can be replaced by electricity for home heat as long as the electricity is cheap and abundant. Heat pumps make it easier, but there's nothing wrong with the cheap old resistance heater. Or you can just fill your house with incandescent light bulbs.

@minenergybiz @Kasparov63 Well, this is bullshit. Most of the natural gas isn't primarily used to generate electricity in DE. Some electricity is a byproduct (main usage is process heat for industry). Amount of natural gas for generating electricity hasn't really changed. Highest price (merit order)

@girlsreallyrule We don't want her sharing info with Congress. That's a way to get off scott free under double jeapordy, as Ollie North did. We want her working with REAL Prosecutors to bring charges against the perpetrators identified by the victims.

Here are all of James Comer's local office phone numbers. Please feel free to strongly, but politely express how you feel about a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell.

@MeidasTouch She needs to tell all what she knows. Stop lying. Support testimony of victims. Honestly and completely Help prosecutors bring Justice to perpetrators. Then she can negotiate.

The Epstein crisis is back—and it’s escalating. New reports suggest Ghislaine Maxwell may be seeking a pardon, sparking outrage across Washington. Lawmakers are now demanding answers from the DOJ, including whether any discussions about clemency have taken place. At the same time, millions of pages of Epstein-related files remain missing or unreleased—and Pam Bondi has yet to comply with a subpoena. This isn’t going away.

@mmpadellan She should witness for the victims. If she tells where the bodies are buried (metaphorically?) and expresses remorse and provides forgiveness and true comfort to the victims. Provides testimony of what she witnessed to help prosecute the criminals. Then negotiate.

We may disagree on damn near everything under the sun, but I think it's safe to say a bipartisan issue is convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: She should never, ever, ever, EVER receive a pardon. Am I right?

@DexterWard6 @Osint613 "Sanewashing": Imagining someone might have something true but they were struggling to express, bc They can't handle Wal*Mart level percentages math. If that's what he meant he would have said so. Trump doesn't want the support of smart people who turn disloyal when screwed.

@Osint613 He is not saying that reducing 600 to 100 is 600% reduction. He is saying that first you are charged 600% too much, then the price is restored down, so you save that same 600% that you would have spent.

RFK Jr: "A Democratic senator claimed it's mathematically impossible to have a drug drop by 600%. I said, 'Well, if the drug was $100 and it raises to $600, that would be a 600% rise. If it drops from $600 to $100, that's a 600% savings.'" Trump: "Right"

@Osint613 I do often say we should reduce the cost of clean industrial quality Energy to 10% of the current price, and the Utilities will make twice as much money because we will buy 2000% as much energy. Jevon's paradox. Engineers could make nuclear 10x cheaper, but who advocates for it?

@Osint613 A jump from $100 to $600 is what happens after the Congressmen buy Calls and sell Puts. A jump from $600 to $100 is what happens after the Congressmen sell Calls and buy Puts. Either way the Congressmen can say they don't own any shares in the companies they manipulate.

On @azcentral's The Gaggle, @TomSteyer praises nuclear as clean energy ... But complains that "nuclear plants stay open long past what people originally thought because they're producing cheap energy for customers." soundcloud.com/gaggle-podcast… paging @CleanHealthyAZ and surrogates