Major cloud providers are promising nuclear power will allow them to build as many data centers as they want without a huge climate impact.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to MV Ramana about the serious problems with those assertions.

Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/252_nu…

#tech #datacenters #ai #nuclear

Camp Century - The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
Full Documentary

youtube.com/watch?v=EBeyA010HI…

In 1959, the U.S. Army built the first tunnel settlement beneath the ice of Greenland. 21 tubes were constructed with isolated housing for more than 200 soldiers. The documentary investigates this extraordinary #US #Army plan, while looking at the consequences of the city’s tons of #nuclear #waste that were left behind and are now slowly #emerging from the melting #ice.

#MissileBase #Greenland #ColdWar

Uh huh.
Get back to me when one new #nuclear plant is licensed in the US, and then get back to me a decade later and tell me how many more years until it will be finished at three to five times the original cost estimate.

Meanwhile, in 2023, the US installed #solar with the capacity equivalent of 34 nuclear plants in ONE year.

"Nuclear energy may be seeing a renaissance"

npr.org/2024/11/27/nx-s1-52065…?

The #Kremlin has revised its #nuclear #policy. Does that make the use of atomic #weapons more likely?

Source: apnews.com/article/russia-nucl…

It adds that nuclear weapons could be used in these scenarios: If reliable information is received about the takeoff or launch of strategic and tactical aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, hypersonic or other flying vehicles and their crossing the Russian border.

So a #military drone across the border is enough? Nearly the same bullshit is standing in the US version. This means they can use nuclear weapons in every war at any time.

#fail #news #warfare #war #Problem #conflict #defense #earth #future #politics #diplomacy

Putin signs revamped version of Russia's nuclear doctrine. What you need to know

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a revamped version of his country's nuclear doctrine that lowers the bar on when he could use Moscow’s atomic arsenal. The new version has been in the works for months.

^{THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP News)}

#Nuclear #war is bad for the #economy: dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/a…

#usa #cia #politics #russia #Ukraine #battlefield #military #warfare

US, #China Agree That #AI Shouldn't #Control #Nukes

Source: uk.pcmag.com/ai/155376/us-chin…

#news #technology #military #politics #usa #nuclear #Missiles #war #warfare #agreement

US, China Agree That AI Shouldn't Control Nukes

Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping affirm 'the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons.' China also denies conducting cyberattacks against the US.

^{Kate Irwin (PCMag UK)}