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You're saying this in jest, but I would LOVE to have a nuclear reactor in my backyard that produced enough power to where I could have a minisplit for every room in my house, including the garage so I could work out in there.


Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale

> The Kardashev scale (Russian: шкала Кардашёва, romanized: shkala Kardashyova) is a method of measuring a civilization's level of technological advancement based on the amount of energy it is capable of harnessing and using.

> Under this scale, the sum of human civilization does not reach Type I status, though it continues to approach it.


I'm gonna ask something stupid, maybe: what is keeping you from having a minisplit in each room ? You don't have to run them the whole day. Just where you are going to be for a couple of hours.

My guess is: the cost of the minisplits, pretty certain if you had them and turned them all on, you could still draw that much power from the grid.

And probably you are underestimating the cost of nuclear anyway.


I am not joking




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