Interesting Links for 11-12-2013

[andrewducker]

• What PS3 and Xbox 360 can do that next-gen can't
  Media streaming is a big one for me. PS3 is our main streaming device.
  (tags: playstation xbox microsoft sony consoles )
• How to write about The North
  (tags: uk funny prejudice media stereotypes )
• Same-sex weddings to begin in March (in England/Wales)
  (tags: lgbt wedding marriage uk )
• Scotland to tie

Comments

[gonzo21]

Well, a £4000-£8000 rise in domestic electricity costs is unsustainable... If that's true that will get people over their objection to nuclear power pretty damned fast.

[skreidle]

The only viable argument I've heard against nuclear energy is actually on a total-lifecycle-cost basis -- that's to say that when all costs (mining, transportation, construction, execution, management, disposal/storage, etc.) are taken into account, the cost-per-megawatt is actually no better than comparable to any other source, if not higher.

[gonzo21]

I suppose that doesn't desperately surprise me, if it was madly cheaper then... market forces being what they are, we wouldn't be burning half as many hydrocarbons.

[andrewducker]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source#UK_2010_estimates is pretty good (and there are estimates from other sources there too)

[gonzo21]

Ah, interesting. And there's the reason the world is burning lots of natural gas eh.

[skreidle]

The real reason to fight nuclear power has nothing to do with health risks | Quartz -- [Missing from the entire debate about nuclear is the most important fact of all: Nuclear is dying due to poor economics, and the debate is already over as far as the market is concerned.]

(From Andy in mid/late August, incidentally.)