Enron.com Announces Pre-Orders for Egg-Shaped Home Nuclear Reactor (msn.com) 33
"Nuclear you can trust," reads the web page promoting "The Egg, an at home nuclear reactor."
Yes, Enron.com is now announcing "a micro-nuclear reactor made to power your home." (A quick reminder from CNN in December. "A company that makes T-shirts bought the Enron trademark and appears to be trying to sell some merch on behalf of the guy behind the satirical conspiracy theory "Birds Aren't Real....")
Does that explain how we got a product reveal for "the world's first micro-nuclear reactor for residential suburban use"? (Made possible "by the Enron mining division, which has been sourcing the proprietary Enronium ore...") Enron's new 28-year-old CEO Connor Gaydos insists they're "making the world a better place, one egg at a time."
The Houston Chronicle delves into the details: Supposedly a micro-nuclear reactor capable of powering a home for up to 10 years, the Enron Egg would be a significant leap forward for both energy technology and humanity's understanding of nuclear physics — if, of course, such a thing were actually feasible. "With our current understanding of physics, this will never be possible," said Derek Haas, an associate professor and nuclear and radiation engineering researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. "We can make a nuclear reactor go critical at about the size of the egg that I saw on the pictures. But we can't capture that energy and turn it into useful electric heat, and shield the radiation that comes off of the reactor." [Haas adds later that nuclear reactors require federal licenses to operate, which take two to nine years to procure and "typically require several hundred pages of documentation to be allowed to build it, and then another thousand pages of safety documents to be allowed to turn it on."]
The outlandish claims Enron has made in the weeks since its brand revival have left many to speculate that the move is part of some large-scale joke similar to Birds Aren't Real — a gag conspiracy movement that Connor Gaydos, Enron's 28-year-old CEO, published a book on alongside co-author and movement founder Peter McIndoe. In an exclusive interview with the Houston Chronicle, Gaydos asked that people look past the limitations — be they in the form of regulations or physics — and embrace the impossible....
Several since-deleted blurbs — both on the company's website and on social media — have alluded to Enron potentially expanding into the world of cryptocurrency. Gaydos said he hasn't ruled it out, but the company currently does not have any plans in the works to debut an Enron-themed coin. "I think in a lot of ways, everything feels like a crypto scam now, but thankfully, we are a completely real company," Gaydos said.
When announcing the Egg, Gaydos stressed Enron was now revolutionizing not just the power industry, but also two others — the freedom industry, and the independence industry. And Gaydos reminded his audience that their home micro-nuclear was "safe for the whole family."
"Preorder now," adds the Egg's web page at Enron.com. "Sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know when we launch..."
Yes, Enron.com is now announcing "a micro-nuclear reactor made to power your home." (A quick reminder from CNN in December. "A company that makes T-shirts bought the Enron trademark and appears to be trying to sell some merch on behalf of the guy behind the satirical conspiracy theory "Birds Aren't Real....")
Does that explain how we got a product reveal for "the world's first micro-nuclear reactor for residential suburban use"? (Made possible "by the Enron mining division, which has been sourcing the proprietary Enronium ore...") Enron's new 28-year-old CEO Connor Gaydos insists they're "making the world a better place, one egg at a time."
The Houston Chronicle delves into the details: Supposedly a micro-nuclear reactor capable of powering a home for up to 10 years, the Enron Egg would be a significant leap forward for both energy technology and humanity's understanding of nuclear physics — if, of course, such a thing were actually feasible. "With our current understanding of physics, this will never be possible," said Derek Haas, an associate professor and nuclear and radiation engineering researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. "We can make a nuclear reactor go critical at about the size of the egg that I saw on the pictures. But we can't capture that energy and turn it into useful electric heat, and shield the radiation that comes off of the reactor." [Haas adds later that nuclear reactors require federal licenses to operate, which take two to nine years to procure and "typically require several hundred pages of documentation to be allowed to build it, and then another thousand pages of safety documents to be allowed to turn it on."]
The outlandish claims Enron has made in the weeks since its brand revival have left many to speculate that the move is part of some large-scale joke similar to Birds Aren't Real — a gag conspiracy movement that Connor Gaydos, Enron's 28-year-old CEO, published a book on alongside co-author and movement founder Peter McIndoe. In an exclusive interview with the Houston Chronicle, Gaydos asked that people look past the limitations — be they in the form of regulations or physics — and embrace the impossible....
Several since-deleted blurbs — both on the company's website and on social media — have alluded to Enron potentially expanding into the world of cryptocurrency. Gaydos said he hasn't ruled it out, but the company currently does not have any plans in the works to debut an Enron-themed coin. "I think in a lot of ways, everything feels like a crypto scam now, but thankfully, we are a completely real company," Gaydos said.
When announcing the Egg, Gaydos stressed Enron was now revolutionizing not just the power industry, but also two others — the freedom industry, and the independence industry. And Gaydos reminded his audience that their home micro-nuclear was "safe for the whole family."
"Preorder now," adds the Egg's web page at Enron.com. "Sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know when we launch..."
Satire meets Reality (Score:4, Insightful)
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We do like the privatize things that probably shouldn't be privatized though so there's that
Re: Satire meets Reality (Score:1)
Totally wrong, excellent track record. (Score:1)
They're perfectly safe when properly maintained the problem is America isn't exactly well known for maintaining its infrastructure.
They are with nuclear infrastructure...
Which is why you didn't even know there are 94 licensed nuclear reactors in the United States, which have operated for decades without issue.
And they are of course planning to re-start Three Mile Island [reuters.com]...
The only danger historically of nuclear power in the U.S.. has been when people like you sabotaged new plant builds in the seventies and
Re: Satire meets Reality (Score:2)
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"Enron" should tip it off, just a few months early for 4/1
Missed Advertizing Opportunities (Score:2)
Their next product should be a nuclear powered tanning bed, for when you want a tan that's more than skin deep.
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Your home will quite literally glow in the dark!
So will everyone who lives in it. Hard pass.
Fallout (Score:2)
Fingers crossed (Score:4, Funny)
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I just hope it performs better than my Mr. Fusion.
It probably won't provide enough juice for the flux capacitor...
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I just hope it performs better than my Mr. Fusion.
It probably won't provide enough juice for the flux capacitor...
I haven’t been this upset since later today.
Yesterday's Tech (Score:2)
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Banana peals are easy to find than uranium.
Enron? (Score:2)
:"Enron Egg"? I'll go with satire or art project.
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So clearly satire.
Needs Ken Lay (Score:2)
Gaydos ain't no Lay.
So it's a stupid marketing joke (Score:2)
And here is Slashdot, giving it up for free.
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If it actually had fissile material in it, I suppose it would make a great payload for a dirty bomb. But don't worry, the reactor they describe is physically impossible so it's not a real product.
but useing one with my flux capacitor can do all k (Score:2)
but useing one with my flux capacitor can do all kind crazy shit
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I wonder if such a reactor can be used to do damage.
Any power source can be used to do damage. Think about it.
This could be a real upgrade for all terrorists in the world, could it not?
Since this is not a working device then no, it would not be a real upgrade.
Trust Enron (Score:3)
For all your energy needs from home and BEYONNNNNddddd
If you can't trust Enron (Score:2)
Satire is getting difficult (Score:3)
Satire relies on the audience appreciating that it's not true. Otherwise the message is lost. In our new post-truth society starting next week, stories like this will be picked up and run as true with very few people understanding it's satire.
This isn't a joke? It's Enron, right? (Score:2)
It's not like everybody else wouldn't sell the same if they could. Why would you use the Enron brand name to sell it even if you had it?
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It is Enron, what's left of it anyways. And it is a joke.
Where's the NFT?!? (Score:2)
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For the next four years, every day's the first of April ... but we'll take your money too.
Yours for the low, low price (Score:2)
of 19.95*
*per 551,557,906,200 cesium cycles a minute (shipping and handling extra).
Or I could see this as a subscription model to take with you while roughing it in the great outdoors.
Now that I think about it, a subscription model should be complimentary to communism.
meanwhile... (Score:2)
Sounds like an art poject (Score:2)
One that serves to illustrate how stupid, uneducated and easy to trick most people are. Because something like that is not actually possible except as RTG and these are excessively expensive and very dangerous when taken apart. Or it may simply be a scam.