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In reply to the discussion: Nuclear Revival is Ruining Climate Protection Efforts and Harming Customers [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)5. So are geothermal and concentrating solar (also thermal) obstructing the development of renewables?
I'm thinking you are using over-broad absolutes.
Your 'revision' does not prove coal and nuclear are inextricably linked. Whether the two (renewables and nuclear) are COMPETING, and one suppressing the other, or one putting the other out of business, are completely separate issues from whether nuclear and coal are inextricably linked.
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kristopher
Apr 2012
OP
So are geothermal and concentrating solar (also thermal) obstructing the development of renewables?
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2012
#5
What I'd like to see is a mechanism that proves HOW nuclear shuts down less expensive fossil plants.
kristopher
Apr 2012
#14
If you want me to explain the answer using smaller words, you need to say 'please'.
Dead_Parrot
Apr 2012
#19
I'm just waiting for you to explain the mechanism behind nuclear shutting down coal
kristopher
Apr 2012
#28
IOW you haven't got a clue and you need time to work up something that doesn't sound foolish.
kristopher
Apr 2012
#32
Since I never intimated that it was about "perceptions" I don't know who you are responding to.
kristopher
Apr 2012
#23
The reality is not in accord with *your* perceptions which are drawn from...
kristopher
Apr 2012
#27
Or you could admit that you aren't really interested in what I'm writing about
kristopher
Apr 2012
#34