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First Soekris now PCEngines. Sad that this market is being ceded to untrustworthy shite from Shenzhen.

It may be proprietary but it's developed by Tuxera, the same lads who created and maintain the NTFS drivers for Linux.

The infrastructure overhaul needed for a full-on changeover to electric would require an investment on the order of the Apollo program and I don't see that happening. Not just from a financial perspective but the engineering as well. Banning petrol cars and gas cookers and praying the rest of the dominoes fall in place isn't going to work.

My response was directed at this comment:

> Nuclear energy is expensive, dangerous and will only work with massive taxpayer subsidies.

It's unhelpful and doesn't move the discussion forward to unilaterally label something as shite and provide no viable alternative.

When I hear "incredibly dumb" the first thing that comes to mind is the following chain of events:

1. Declaring ICE vehicles dead and EVs as the future, and setting hard dates for sunset of ICE (with no legitimate infrastructure plan).

2. Declaring point of use natural gas evil and phasing out natural gas heating and cooking.

3. Declaring all fossil fuel power generation sources (coal, natural gas) as evil and demanding their elimination.

4. Declaring nuclear power as dangerous and unfit (you are here).

5. ???

6. Switchover to green-friendly all-electric architecture complete.

People love to offer criticism but propose no practical solutions. Emphasis on practical.

Renewable energy is a drop in the bucket and cannot possibly serve the steady and sharp increase in load demand.

Unless the US intends to have widespread mandatory rolling blackouts like third world countries, something's gotta give.

No more criticisms without solutions.

1. There was a serious and highly infectious virus circulating. However this is no longer true hence the rest of society having moved on.

2. The asthma analogy is irrelevant.

3. Societies in east Asia wear masks when they're sick; to prevent the spread of illness. Somewhere along the way this narrative has changed to it being a magic invincibility cloak and credited to Asian society, which it never was.

Fair enough. Do you think it's easier to add some vent fans or retrofit a building gas->electric in every flat? It's not as easy as it's made out to be. Buildings were designed with sufficient electric service given the utilities available at the time. Buildings with gas have undersized electrics. In other words the service (transformer etc.) is likely inadequate. A massive retrofit from gas to electric cookers would be insanely expensive.

And largely unnecessary as most building codes now mandate exhaust and fresh air requirements where gas cookers are fitted.