Except Soviet imperialism.
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What imperialism comrade? Our nation is at the forefront of national liberation for the colonized world. We nearly caused WWIII in our fight against imperialism!
Four dice Atomash produces sixteen cores per year, about 120 TWh.
Could've sworn I read we were making 80 reactors a year somewhere. Oh well guess we just need to build second atomash!
You might have confused it with the total amount of reactors one would get over a 5 year plan, 5*16=80 after all.Could've sworn I read we were making 80 reactors a year somewhere. Oh well guess we just need to build second atomash!
Also it is worth noting that the Soviet Union has a tendency towards a lot of power intensive heavy industry, so it uses a good chunk more energy then you might otherwise expect for an economy its size.
Oh sweet Lenin no not a second white elephant. Bala is already considering putting down the first.Could've sworn I read we were making 80 reactors a year somewhere. Oh well guess we just need to build second atomash!
Wait where did all my resources and HI dice go??
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- The United States
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Your math is off, at four dice it's 16 cores a year with approximately 8.5 TWh/y per core. Even at full bore funding that's 160 reactors. Approximately a third of the modern US grid over a decade.
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- Midwest
Imperialism is when you make it official policy to teach local and regional dialects and economically develop the periphery, right?
Cannon Omake: New decade, new look: the new Moscow
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Terminator57
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Here's another little omake named "New decade, new look: the new Moscow" just for you, so that I can end this day in a good mood, knowing that you'll have something nice - I hope - to read.
February 3, 1965
My dear Tilda,
I hope this letter finds you well. My plane trip from Stockholm to Moscow to attend the conference went very well. On arrival, I was struck by the extent of the urban transformations that have taken place here: the once drab and gray city that you could see on the news has been transformed into an urban center teeming with activity and cars, not to mention the endless streetcar and subway lines.
Moscow, once a city of composite architecture, is rapidly being transformed into a modern space, where majestic skyscrapers stand side by side with wide arterial roads lined with office blocks and government buildings. Entire districts, such as Dorogomilovo and Khamovniki, are perfect examples of this metamorphosis. It's a fascinating sight that leaves me in awe of the work that has gone into achieving it, even if the conversations I've had with passers-by lead me to believe that these changes have been brutal in nature, with little regard for the comfort of the inhabitants.
I was amazed at the number of cars in the city, and the dangers they pose to passers-by who are careless enough to walk instead of taking public transport, which is nothing compared to our capital. I even came close to being run over on several occasions during my free time exploring the city between two conferences! These Russians really are the worst drivers, and they respond with a barrage of insults to the slightest invective denouncing their dangerous driving!
Most impressive of all, however, is their new Palace of the Soviets. With its impressive 250-metre spire, according to our translator and guide, it's a powerful symbol of modernization. What's more, the Kremlin has also undergone a spectacular renovation: compared to the old photos we saw in the press, Red Square has been enlarged and the old structures replaced and remodeled to reflect a more contemporary aesthetic. There's even a necropolis dedicated to former Communist Party leaders now. I hope I'll have time to visit it between lectures: perhaps Vladimir can even act as my guide during my tour of renovated Moscow if we have enough time to see everything. In any case, I'll be sure to send you photos of all the changes, so that you can complete your album.
I think of you often and can't wait to see you again. I promise to bring back a few souvenirs from Moscow after the economics conference is over.
Take care, and see you soon.
With all my love,
Christian
My dear Tilda,
I hope this letter finds you well. My plane trip from Stockholm to Moscow to attend the conference went very well. On arrival, I was struck by the extent of the urban transformations that have taken place here: the once drab and gray city that you could see on the news has been transformed into an urban center teeming with activity and cars, not to mention the endless streetcar and subway lines.
Moscow, once a city of composite architecture, is rapidly being transformed into a modern space, where majestic skyscrapers stand side by side with wide arterial roads lined with office blocks and government buildings. Entire districts, such as Dorogomilovo and Khamovniki, are perfect examples of this metamorphosis. It's a fascinating sight that leaves me in awe of the work that has gone into achieving it, even if the conversations I've had with passers-by lead me to believe that these changes have been brutal in nature, with little regard for the comfort of the inhabitants.
I was amazed at the number of cars in the city, and the dangers they pose to passers-by who are careless enough to walk instead of taking public transport, which is nothing compared to our capital. I even came close to being run over on several occasions during my free time exploring the city between two conferences! These Russians really are the worst drivers, and they respond with a barrage of insults to the slightest invective denouncing their dangerous driving!
Most impressive of all, however, is their new Palace of the Soviets. With its impressive 250-metre spire, according to our translator and guide, it's a powerful symbol of modernization. What's more, the Kremlin has also undergone a spectacular renovation: compared to the old photos we saw in the press, Red Square has been enlarged and the old structures replaced and remodeled to reflect a more contemporary aesthetic. There's even a necropolis dedicated to former Communist Party leaders now. I hope I'll have time to visit it between lectures: perhaps Vladimir can even act as my guide during my tour of renovated Moscow if we have enough time to see everything. In any case, I'll be sure to send you photos of all the changes, so that you can complete your album.
I think of you often and can't wait to see you again. I promise to bring back a few souvenirs from Moscow after the economics conference is over.
Take care, and see you soon.
With all my love,
Christian
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- Fort Worth, TX
We need to build more pedestrian crosswalks that go above or below the streets.
And cede more territory to the cars? Never.
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- The great frozen north
Put another way, 4-dice Atomash making VVER-1000s would install electricity generation capacity roughly equivalent to all of France's present-day grid every five years. And that's barely enough for half of new demand. Our economy is big and it is getting bigger. Blackstar has said we've surpassed American GDP at PPP already.
OTL Developped country power demand plateaued after the eighties, but deindustrialization had a large part in that. I'm not sure if we'll ever have a drop off until around the Revolution's centenary when the demographic transition makes the size of the population plateau.
OTL Developped country power demand plateaued after the eighties, but deindustrialization had a large part in that. I'm not sure if we'll ever have a drop off until around the Revolution's centenary when the demographic transition makes the size of the population plateau.
Not all OTL developed countries de-industrialized that much though, as a phenomenon it was particularly the USA that suffered from it. While for instance OTL Germany was one of those places that kept a surprising amount of it really. It's even hard to say at times if places really lost industries or if industrial growth slowed a lot and other parts of the economy just eclipsed it ever further. Combine that with losing some industry segments because low wages have an advantage, and you get how things are now I guess.
On a side note, I kind of wonder if the Soviet nuclear industry will unveil a new half gen improvement every 5 years, just to try and tempt the Ministry to keep funding them. They surely are aware the coal industry is super competitive and need to find ways to make nuclear look better. And the big decision on how much each industry gets is made every 5 years. So it would kind of make sense that every 5 years they had a new and improved nuclear reactor design that's obviously far better then the previous versions in every way including costs.
On a side note, I kind of wonder if the Soviet nuclear industry will unveil a new half gen improvement every 5 years, just to try and tempt the Ministry to keep funding them. They surely are aware the coal industry is super competitive and need to find ways to make nuclear look better. And the big decision on how much each industry gets is made every 5 years. So it would kind of make sense that every 5 years they had a new and improved nuclear reactor design that's obviously far better then the previous versions in every way including costs.
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- Mid-Atlantic
Having our pedestrians turned into roadkill makes things worse, not better, in that regard. Roads that are unsafe to cross on foot strongly incentivize people to take a motor vehicle places even when they theoretically could walk or take mass transit, because getting run over crossing the street while walking the two blocks from the bus stop to your destination is very undesirable.
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Once more walking the path of the catgirl.
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Simply elevate the road into a four way bridge at each intersection and let people walk freely through the under-intersection.
I'm not excited for the progress requirements on that stage of urban infrastructure... for just Moscow
Normally the safer solution is to employ traffic calming structures, make the road less straight, and for there to be safe places for people to stop in the middle and such. Basically minimize the amount of road to cross in one go, as well as reduce the speed of the cars while raising how much drivers need to pay attention.
Though I have no idea if they'd go for that kind of approach in urban design in the USSR. It does tend to focus less on 'progress' and more on 'livability' after all.
Though I have no idea if they'd go for that kind of approach in urban design in the USSR. It does tend to focus less on 'progress' and more on 'livability' after all.
I got the impression that we tried everything.
We did build metro, subways, trains and buses for the people to travel in the city and between cities but there is simply too much people.
I do wonder how our population compares across the globe, we have been able to repeatedly increase and expand the quality of life in the URSS for roughly 30 uninterrupted years, no ?
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- Lost in the internet
Honestly, if our USSR have between 400 and 500 million peoples, it would not surprise me
Yeah, and we never had the same losses that the OTL URSS had during the war. We were able to contain the Nazi aggression early on, so the population who already had benefited from increased living standard was able - in theory - to have children and then these children got a better living standard, and now their grandson are also getting a better living standard in comparison to their parents.
This is what happens when we leave Big Road unchecked!
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- Lost in the internet
Actually I do wonder if its because ITTL USSR have such little car culture that the car-owners are a tiny jerk minority that dont know how to interact with other road users
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- England
Why are the space program rolls so goddamn cursed? The USSR's space program is ahead of the US despite our best efforts, not because of it, we've been eating shit on the rolls every single turn for irl years.
tbh I'd argue that it's such an issue that it's worth considering revising how it's handled, because getting constantly shit on in rolls despite us not doing anything wrong is very aggravating.
tbh I'd argue that it's such an issue that it's worth considering revising how it's handled, because getting constantly shit on in rolls despite us not doing anything wrong is very aggravating.