That’s not what I said, and your comment is disingenuous in that regard.

This is a fanciful and complex power system that is proposed that cannot produce consistent power reliably. I don’t think it will be viable in the long run.

For fuck’s sake, a microreactor could do all of this for the footprint of a bedroom (plus some additional space for the staff). It would work for years and constantly provide power with no issues from storms, dust, salt, or needing distributed maintenance (and environmental disruption) over a square km.

This isn’s just some generic hand waving. Go look up the company Radiant. It’s going to happen within a few years. Demonstration is slated for 2026.

Really? That’s your go-to glib answer? No discussion about education opportunities or job prospects? No question about why the downturn was really noted in 2014? Just immediately jumping to the conclusion that rural people MUST be hateful?

Disappointing.