I do want the hot tub reactor.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2008/08/12/nuclear-reactors-the-size-of-a-hot-tub/

https://time.com/6117041/nuclear-energy-reactors-green/

There's ALWAYS a meltdown risk. It may be small, but Murphy has a way to collect his due. No private company wants to build them. No private company wants to insure them. Coupled with the fact that renewable energy is cheaper, and much faster to build, it doesn't seem the best solution for the long run. I'm not against nuclear, but it certainly appears they going to be built anytime soon. Maybe if we ever get to fusion. Here's another take on the same issue. This is decidedly a little more technical. The free market seems to have spoken.

"Nuclear culture, skills, vendors and prospects are shriveling — mostly due to bad economics. Sun and wind are now the cheapest bulk source for at least 91% of world electricity, says Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), so they’re winning about 10–20 times more investment. "

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/nuclear-energy-should-not-be-part-of-the-global-solution-to-climate-change/620392/

there's actually no meltdown risk with current designs. That's been designed out.

I think some versions of the 'molten salt' reactors wont melt down, they self-regulate.

This thread's a little bit off the rails but maybe it ties into helping recharge all the future EV's given the very high current requirements.

Don't bother all that guy does is google his answers getting one sided info that he wholeheartly believes.

There is also Thorium reactors (and thorium can be used as a fuel in molten salt reactors). Thorium has tremendous properties including no meltdown risk, hard to weaponize, MUCH shorter half-life and it is very plentiful (the U.S. has an estimated 1,000 year supply).

Just venting frustration, I guess.

"The five big oil companies raised prices at gas pumps and that made them a whopping $59 billion in profits — that’s just during the 2nd quarter of this year". Been reading about a lot of companies raising prices while also making record profits at the same time. Gas efficiency or EVs only help so much.

Work from home. I save about $2k a year that way. My car has 12k miles on it after 3.5 years.

Don't you mean working on your home

Ha! That's the second 40-hour work week that I have. The first 40 hours pay for that half.

Okay, this was a shock. I've been getting gas from an ARCO station in Artesia that's next to the 91 Freeway. Last Wednesday night and paid $5.79 for Regular Unleaded.
Went to the same station last night, and Regular Unleaded was $5.25.
54 cents a gallon less!

you mean still $3+ high

Ancient eras aren't ever coming back. Meaning, prices aren't going to come down to some magic time. That's just basic economics, like a loaf of bread once costing a nickel. But if you can convince OPEC+ to sell at a dollar a barrel, Russia to leave the Ukraine, China, India and other developing countries to go back to the horse and cart, and convince the oil companies to stop price gouging, I am right there with you.

It's weird that you consider 2016-2020 an ancient era.

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Yeah, sorry, but I don't live in states on the low end of that average. But again, you aren't going to see prices get lower - there's more demand around the globe, and there's a war going on. And as I've already pointed out, the gas companies are using the excuses to gouge us.

So you'd rather pay 54 cents more a gallon?

Colorado seems pretty constant, gas was at 3 even this morning at the local market. Costco same. I see the gas companies are still posting record quarters of profit, ah, capitalism at it's finest. At least it's been pretty constant.

Yeah, it does seem probable - locally manipulated. They must think the public is stupid.

Just go buy a $60,000 EV already so you can stop worrying about the gas going up and down 30 cents.
Never understood why you are so active in this thread about gas and then run over to the EV thread and bash ICE drivers.

If a company can make an EV behave just like a manual transmission then I might be interested. I'm not talking about paddle shifters either.

Never liked paddle shifters. Too "Apple-ish"? Anyway, it's after the elections, inflation is falling, and the gas prices in CO remain constant at around 3.19.

Inflation is falling? This is why you have no credibility here.

According to the recent PPI numbers the Rate of inflation (how fast/slow it is increasing) is slowing yes. Inflation itself no.

Sure, but I don’t have a handy dandy chart of change in the effective inflation rate in front of me. Could you tell me/show me how that is holding up?

Edit: also, I am guessing mr frosty was referring to the PPI when he made his comment.

Yes, I meant the PPI, which is an early indicator for the inflation rate. I should have been more precise, thank you. Saw gas at 3.01 today.

I understand and I do agree that the various indices are not perfect, but they are tools that allow for consistency in data comparisons and also a consistent language for discussion.

Problem with using individual “boots on the ground” type data is that it is massively subjective and distorted. Ex: for my son, he is seeing deflation because the Pokémon cards he wanted are heavily discounted right now. Last year they were jacked up and have been coming down in price as production has finally overshot demand. I think we could all agree that his experience is not an accurate portrayal of the inflationary pressures in the economy writ large. But for him, his purchase power has never been higher.

Just look at anything that used to be under a dollar five years ago like a Tortino's pizza. Was 89 cents. Then it went to a $1.30, now a penny under $2. All of these grocery items that you don't think much about, but are now 50% or more higher adds up quick. You fill the cart and have to do a double take when checking out. At this point I only buy meat when it's marked down for quick sale. If I can't use in a day or two I just freeze it.

Edit: Also, I never used to see meat and other parishable items marked down for clearance at a reputable grocery like I have the last year. Less people are buying things like steaks or the designer meats and now get marked down.

It seems every time I grocery shop I notice some items that have gone up in price tremendously. Last year I was paying $1.49 for a head of iceberg lettuce. Two weeks ago it was $1.99. Now it's $3.99. Last year a dozen eggs was $2.19. Now it's $5.99. The price of chips and snacks is up so much I mostly stopped buying them--probably a good thing!

On topic, gas is $3.79/gal here and diesel is nearly $6/gal--which certainly has an effect on the aforementioned food prices.

I tend to shop at Trader Joes, which has most of the basics and other things much cheaper than grocery stores. Costco is another place I shop, when I have the space - they are amazing on bulk prices - they were the go-to during the great TP shortage.

Now, there is one thing I get at the higher end grocery stores - whole bean coffee. I love trying new beans. But even that usually comes out to about 11 per package, and that lasts for two weeks, so not bad. Target can be a good source for groceries, too. Like everything, the strategy is to get the best prices from a few stores. I also rarely do prepared foods, so it's a lot cheaper and healthier.

This must be a local thing. I can still get brown, cage-free eggs for about 2 per dozen.

The last few months it's varied between $2.79 and $2.89 here at Sam's club. That means over $3 at the other stations. I believe this is the new norm.

I agree with you. Although you gotta be careful saying this phrase. There’s another thread where you get put into a terrible classification of people if you do anything based on belief.

Which one?