Re: blasting smallish tunnels in hard rock

"Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m11q7uxn1o.fsf@void.com...
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> writes:

"Peter Fairbrother"  wrote in message news:uu2vuv$3d2k0$1@dont-email.me...
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https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/11/23/this-english-city-is-banning-gas-stoves-in-new-homes-heres-why
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Saw a great "meme" - photo in the USA showing a several-locomotives
coal-train snaking along with words something like "Fuel delivery for
electric cars on its way".
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That's how it is here.
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My fear is detachment from reality.
Diverse energy sources yes.
Renewable energy sources - yes definitely where possible.
Nuclear (fission) power - well current power-stations are barely
plausible solutions.  The one being built in Britain as Hinckley Point C
is vastly over-budget, behind schedule and in-trouble(?).  Error to
scale-up the things it seems.  We are with nuclear power stations about
equivalent to 1830's steam locomotives - "couldn't pull the skin off a
rice-pudding" and not inherently safe.
Not sure I am seeing a viable trajectory at the moment.
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The big hurdle is sufficient safe and affordable battery storage.