u/Xtergo

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