u/Xtergo

//Not AI, I wrote this, let it be, it's not slop you wokists, took me an entire journey to write this.

Hearken, good volk, and bear witness to the blessed prosperity of the Realm of Europa under the great 21st year of our Lord her Majesty Ursula Von Der Lyen, (Grace and sacrifices to majesty).

Each dawn we descend utmost willingly into the King's Iron Burrows in the deep, where we are packed shoulder to shoulder as salted herrings in a barrel, that we may partake in the sacred rite of competing for the last breath of air that entered the tunnel three... nu.. 4.. stations prior. Should a villager swoon from the Great Summer Furnace, the Heralds proclaim it a triumph of sustainability, and we give thanks.

The Coachmen themselves collapse upon their wagons from the heat and, yet fear not, for this too is all accounted progress.

We are instructed by our most wise Lords that Europa is the greatest kingdom ever wrought by man. To question the Burrows, or the Holy Conveyances, is heresy most foul. Thus we clap, we smile, and we perspire.

By fortune or perhaps administrative error I was permitted beyond the Realm's borders to experience the world beyond in the Majesty's 11th year of reign.

There I beheld distant kingdoms the Heralds had long declared to be poorer, more backward, and less enlightened than ourselves.

Yet lo...

The peasants possessed curious sorceries. Their dwellings were cooled by enchanted artifacts that breathed forth crisp air, even amidst the fiercest summer. Many among them dwelt not in cramped chambers stacked to the heavens, but in houses of their own. Imagine such extravagance bestowed upon commoners!

Surely this could not be permitted in a civilised realm.

Perhaps they had not yet learned that ownership is a privilege reserved for noble houses and landed gentry.

Upon my return I confessed what I had witnessed.

The Royal Scribes informed me that the true culprit was my Carbon Sin, and that once enough peasants had accepted their prescribed reductions in prosperity, offspring, and expectations, all would be well. There would, in time, be sufficient air for those who remained.

Such is the wisdom of the youth, as the elders do not believe my folly.

Now, if thou wilt excuse me, the bell tolls.

It is time once more to descend into the King's Furnace and my allocated breathing time has been consumed by this tomfoolery.

Might be a tough ask because it's obsolete hardware at this point but I happen to have an i7-6700 lying around, which I would want to use in a sff Linux build.

Does anyone have such a board by any chance? Has to be itx, if you have some other kind of cheap itx lmk too just trying to get this build running

I keep seeing the UK mainly RollsRoyce and the media, politicians, regular people here keep claiming, even university professionals all saying they are this close to SMR and it's the next big thing for the UK.

I have not been in the know for this tech and on paper if submarine nuclear is possible this should be too right?

What's wrong or physically impossible about them, ignore cost or politics I'm only interested in the science of why not

I have many German friends as I speak some and have said somethings on German subreddits at times and every time I fact check them on energy or tell them nuclear is safe they think I'm stupid and I get attacked and at worst get called very horrible things especially by people who claim to be pro-geeen energy.

From an outsider, boy are they straight up brainwashed about nuclear, you cannot hold a conversation with them even educated Germans I have not been able to convince them that current generation nuclear is nothing like Chernobyl. It feels like a curriculum wide brainwashing scheme that lasted decades and I feel they really think Russian coal & gas are much better off for their nation and solar panels can power their giant industrial base while competing with china. Scientists who speak out against it were often blacklisted from scientific societies. It is insane and feels dystopian. They have crippled their economy perhaps forever. Earlier nuclear engineers from Germany moved to the states at much better salaries and it bled dry of a lot of talent that it probably needs if it has to fix itself, but it's long gone.

Every single boom that came, Hybrids, EVs, Robots, Automation, Phone manufacturing, chips, clean steel production and now AI data centers, Germany missed them all and freehanded it to China, major German companies have moved production to Asia or more energy abundant countries and only design or do assembly there the ones that remain, to stay German businesses aren't struggling is an understatement.

I don't think any nation has done more damage to nuclear power, and any nation that was perhaps supposed to enjoy the reboot of the industry has done enough damage to itself as much as Germany.

If you are from Germany and in this sub I'm sure you'll be outlier but I really want to hear more about how Germans were miseducated, propagandised and misinformed into becoming even weaker than India on energy security. This sentiment is worst in Germany however Europe in general has a much higher anti nuclear while still being green delusional sentiment.

It's sometimes downright embarrassing talking to Germans about nuclear and the argument goes nowhere because anything they believe was never factual to begin with, when they complain about Germany do they not understand the consequences of their own actions?

The most informed and nuanced people I've met about nuclear are almost all from 3rd world countries or .. China/Japan. Not a single person who grew up within the European circle is well informed about energy in general, surprisingly Americans I've talked to are far more informed, realistic and reasonable too compared to Europeans (Germany being the worst offender).

All YouTubers and efforts going on to get people disillusioned about nuclear are almost entirely American eg Kyle Hill & T Folded nuclear who broke down the inaccuracies and dramatisation in the Chernobyl Series. While efforts to fearmonger people and spread inaccurate or misleading information come from German channels, Kurzgesagt, Deutsche Welle and various German netflix series.

It all seems ideology based instead of rationale & nuance