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  • There are immense capacity utility scale batteries available now from dozens of vendors. They would be roughly 100x easier to build than a nuclear power plant, even with a solar farm attached.

    The most recent nuclear power plant built in the US was the 2 new units at the Vogtle plant in Georgia. They took 11 years and 34 billion dollars to build to output a roughly 2.4 gw of steady power.

    A 1gw solar + battery plant was built in Nevada that cost 1.9 billion. They secured financing in 2022, and finished building it in 2024.

    So we can get a solar array built to do the above with battery storage for 4 billion, in 2-4 years. For the same cost as that added 2.4GW nuclear, we could build 18GW of solar with 12.6gwh of storage.

    So nuclear will do 2.4GW of peak, with 2.4gwh of “storage” available 24/7.

    I have no doubt that the above 18GWh of solar could be traded in for more battery, to a more sane ratio that could compete with that “storage” while also providing 4-5x of total power. Based on what I can find, the batteries were about 1/2 the cost, so if we knock the solar generation to 9GW, we can increase battery to 25.2GWh. Now you still have huge power generation, a huge power storage that you can use all at once or over a long period, and it matches the “storage” that that nuclear plant offers for 12hrs, I.e the time when the sun is down.

    It’s honestly baffling why these companies are trying to spin up nuclear plants instead of pushing ahead with more grid renewables.






  • mosiacmango@lemm.eetoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldGoodwill is out of control
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    You said earlier that “Goodwill specifically markets itself as a thrift store to help the working class while also helping homeless and disabled people get retail experience to get normal jobs.”

    They certainly advertise the second part in that link, but I didn’t see anything about the first part, which is what you seem to mainly be upset about.

    They are pretty up front about selling donated goods to pay for their charity work of job training. They don’t claim to be a “thrift store to help the working class” at any point.


  • Habitat for humanity uses the exact same model as goodwill for its retail charity stores.

    Retail Revenue

    Most Habitat for Humanity affiliates around the country have a ReStore, which is a resale store that receives donations of various types of home goods from people in their community and sells them for a profit. This profit goes directly toward Habitat’s mission and supports the organization’s efforts to build and repair homes.

    You can disagree with Goodwill as a charity, but both are still thrift stores.




  • mosiacmango@lemm.eetoMildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldGoodwill is out of control
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    11 days ago

    My local one has a banner up for Halloween costumes, but that’s about it. There are some generic “feel good” images of people being happy to work inside on the walls, but it’s not like it rotates or has ads or anything. Just generic cheerful “thank you’s.”

    There is nothing about how the store is there to sell cheap things to the working class, just that their charity helps people get jobs.

    That’s just inside the walls too. I’ve never seen any kind of actual ad for Goodwill in print or online.



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    More like its $35 that Goodwill can use to help an actual working mom of 3 when re-sellers pay to get a coat they can sell online for $130.

    Retail charities view their store as the source of funds for the charity, not as the charity itself. They also know people are reselling high end items, so they can mark them higher to make more money for the charity.