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spoony Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-17-08 05:38 PM
Response to Reply #77
89. Examples of what? Problems? Not catastrophes.
Everything has problems that the media (and those with agendas) use to scare the shit out of people. Hell, tomatoes can't be trusted anymore because some may have made people sick. If we listen to fear-mongers, we'll never accomplish anything.
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  -What is wrong with nuclear power? ccharles000  Jun-17-08 12:38 PM   #0 
  - Cherynobl comes to mind.  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 12:40 PM   #1 
  - The reason that comes to mind is because it is one of the only cases where death occured  no limit   Jun-17-08 12:51 PM   #8 
  - We've come VERY close...  MercutioATC   Jun-17-08 12:54 PM   #13 
  - There were no deaths in the three mile island accident  no limit   Jun-17-08 01:00 PM   #21 
  - Everybody talks about Chernobyl, but nobody talks about the context.  TheWraith   Jun-17-08 02:25 PM   #54 
     - I believe you meant your post directed towards someone else.  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 02:37 PM   #57 
  - No we haven't.  spoony   Jun-17-08 05:31 PM   #87 
  - yeah, but cherynobl was pretty damn deadly. and still is.  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 12:59 PM   #20 
  - uninhabitable? Where are you getting this from?  no limit   Jun-17-08 01:01 PM   #24 
  - google is your friend.  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 01:04 PM   #27 
  - wow, 22,000 results. It must be true  no limit   Jun-17-08 01:08 PM   #29 
     - apparently, you have a clear agenda.  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 01:10 PM   #31 
        - A clear agenda?  no limit   Jun-17-08 01:11 PM   #32 
           - It's a good question and whether we like it or not nuclear energy  Maureen1322   Jun-17-08 01:27 PM   #37 
  - perhps you'd be willing to live there?  navarth   Jun-17-08 07:37 PM   #107 
     - Great way to ignore all the sources I posted  no limit   Jun-18-08 12:30 PM   #141 
     - Sorry about that  navarth   Jun-18-08 01:06 PM   #156 
     - I work in nuclear field and have been safe always  panhead1961   Jun-19-08 09:24 AM   #201 
  - So you refuse to get into a car?  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:27 PM   #65 
  - no, I get into a car, but I also don't delude myself they are automatically safe  Lerkfish   Jun-17-08 04:01 PM   #76 
     - Exactly. Every nuke plant in the world that's operated carefully has been safe!  pt22   Jun-17-08 04:19 PM   #82 
        - Cars MAY be as safe as nuclear power plants, however you're overlooking a MAJOR issue:  MercutioATC   Jun-17-08 06:03 PM   #91 
           - But you didn't. (Unless you lived in Sweden at the time)  A HERETIC I AM   Jun-17-08 06:51 PM   #99 
              - Also we have no way to really know how many people have had lives cut short by  pt22   Jun-17-08 07:53 PM   #112 
              - After Chernobyl, people in Sweden WERE advised not to eat Swedish-grown vegetables.  MercutioATC   Jun-18-08 12:53 AM   #122 
  - You know, people still live around it right?  AtheistCrusader   Jun-18-08 12:32 PM   #142 
     - wow, I guess that negates all dangers of nuclear power, then.  Lerkfish   Jun-18-08 04:34 PM   #180 
  - Not since then?  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 01:12 PM   #33 
  - You are grasping at straws  no limit   Jun-17-08 01:19 PM   #35 
     - And you are stuck in your ideology.  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 01:41 PM   #41 
        - My ideology is simple and I already stated it. And I am by no means stuck on it.  no limit   Jun-17-08 02:09 PM   #51 
           - Are you implying that nuclear power plants...  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 02:17 PM   #52 
              - So in response to evidence your argument is that you  spoony   Jun-17-08 06:18 PM   #95 
                 - And your argument for evidence is that you have faith. n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jun-18-08 02:18 AM   #123 
                    - no, their argument is assume nothing could ever go wrong.  Lerkfish   Jun-18-08 09:25 AM   #132 
                    - No, not at all.  spoony   Jun-18-08 01:39 PM   #164 
                       - LOL! I'm a "regressive", then.  Lerkfish   Jun-18-08 04:29 PM   #177 
                          - No, not at all (again)  spoony   Jun-18-08 04:40 PM   #181 
                    - The amount of superstition you display on this issue  spoony   Jun-18-08 01:31 PM   #162 
                       - so which insult should we respond to? uneducated, hysterical, regressive, superstitous,  Lerkfish   Jun-18-08 04:31 PM   #178 
                          - Calm down.  spoony   Jun-18-08 04:42 PM   #182 
  - it only takes one  spanone   Jun-17-08 04:04 PM   #79 
  - Sure.  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-17-08 05:05 PM   #84 
  - Depends how you measure death - all the military plant accidents and leaks...  JackRiddler   Jun-17-08 07:08 PM   #102 
  - Chernobyl had no containment  panhead1961   Jun-19-08 09:17 AM   #198 
  - Negative void coefficients  sudopod   Jun-19-08 10:11 AM   #205 
  - There is currently no way to deal w/the waste ... you can encapsulate it in  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-17-08 12:40 PM   #2 
  - Yup. I notice many nuclear proponents back east want to send wastes out west.  havocmom   Jun-17-08 12:58 PM   #19 
  - Well, that might have something to do with where the deserts are located  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 02:50 AM   #128 
     - Hey, there ARE people here in these very remote deserts!  havocmom   Jun-18-08 08:39 AM   #131 
     - Too damn bad  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 12:40 PM   #146 
     - YOU think MY attitude is selfish? Are YOU using power that creates waste you expect others to eat?  havocmom   Jun-18-08 01:01 PM   #154 
        - I am fine with wind and solar. But neither provides power 24/7  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 01:22 PM   #161 
     - So we will keep the water in our own yards too.  pt22   Jun-18-08 12:53 PM   #151 
        - Betting most water does not originate in your yards  havocmom   Jun-18-08 01:07 PM   #157 
        - Amazing.  pt22   Jun-18-08 01:15 PM   #160 
        - Yeah, because the desert is just awash in water  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 01:09 PM   #158 
           - !2" per year and the largest earthen damn in the nation.  havocmom   Jun-18-08 07:42 PM   #194 
     - You mean near rivers?  suffragette   Jun-18-08 12:10 PM   #140 
        - No, when I said 'desert' I actually meant a desert.  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 12:34 PM   #143 
           - Hanford is located in a desert  suffragette   Jun-18-08 02:25 PM   #168 
           - Well, I did say above that the DoE should learn from mistakes like that  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 03:13 PM   #170 
              - They build nuclear plants next to water for the cooling capacity  suffragette   Jun-18-08 03:42 PM   #173 
                 - What is the point of addressing your complaints if you just ignore it?  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 04:27 PM   #176 
                    - Actually, I responded to your assertions with facts  suffragette   Jun-18-08 04:57 PM   #187 
           - and what happens when there is an earthquake 'out west'  ladywnch   Jun-18-08 04:56 PM   #186 
  - There's one way  AtheistCrusader   Jun-18-08 12:36 PM   #144 
  - Sorry, but that only reduces the problem. I remember the debate  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-18-08 02:50 PM   #169 
     - Simply untrue.  AtheistCrusader   Jun-18-08 03:46 PM   #174 
        - Sorry, but you can't bury the truth w/BS. Everything you've cited has  Fredda Weinberg   Jun-19-08 09:56 AM   #204 
  - WASTE-is definitely a major reason besides profiteering of the corps who own them.  mod mom   Jun-19-08 08:40 AM   #197 
  - Yucca Mountain  panhead1961   Jun-19-08 09:20 AM   #199 
  - If you want to have some fun, post that question in the E/E forum.  phantom power   Jun-17-08 12:40 PM   #3 
  - Oi you!  Nihil   Jun-19-08 08:37 AM   #196 
  - When you live 15 minutes by car away from one, & the school asks your permission to give your kids  OmmmSweetOmmm   Jun-17-08 12:43 PM   #4 
  - Do they also do fire drills?  spoony   Jun-17-08 06:21 PM   #96 
  - Nothing. Except for that whole "glow in the dark" thing if it all goes wrong...  truebrit71   Jun-17-08 12:44 PM   #5 
  - Um...  libnnc   Jun-17-08 12:47 PM   #6 
  - I am 19.  ccharles000   Jun-17-08 12:53 PM   #11 
     - As someone upthread suggested  libnnc   Jun-17-08 01:01 PM   #23 
        - Yes, you shoud look up the Chernobyl disaster  NeedleCast   Jun-17-08 03:35 PM   #70 
           - there are plenty of examples here in the states as well  libnnc   Jun-17-08 04:01 PM   #77 
           - Examples of what? Problems? Not catastrophes.  spoony   Jun-17-08 05:38 PM   #89 
           - Lol, brilliant analogy  spoony   Jun-17-08 05:35 PM   #88 
           - chernyobl in fact occurred.  Lerkfish   Jun-18-08 04:32 PM   #179 
           - with the usa's aging infrastructure we ARE the former soviet union  pitohui   Jun-18-08 05:54 PM   #190 
              - Then you simply don't understand what happened at Chernobyl  spoony   Jun-18-08 06:07 PM   #193 
  - There's a few of them  Asgaya Dihi   Jun-17-08 12:49 PM   #7 
  - Can we store spent fuel in your back yard?  MercutioATC   Jun-17-08 12:51 PM   #9 
  - Ever notice that proponents of nuclear ALWAYS disappear when we ask that one?  havocmom   Jun-18-08 01:03 PM   #155 
  - atomic suicide  jeanruss   Jun-17-08 12:52 PM   #10 
  - Where does all this "Plentiful" Hydrogen come from?  A HERETIC I AM   Jun-17-08 01:49 PM   #46 
     - new periodic chart  jeanruss   Jun-17-08 03:16 PM   #59 
        - P.T. Barnum sure called it.  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:19 PM   #60 
        - tesla  jeanruss   Jun-17-08 09:29 PM   #117 
           - So even Tesla thought Russell was a nut?  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-18-08 12:37 PM   #145 
        - lol  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-17-08 05:08 PM   #85 
        - Someone's not a scientist, that's for sure!! (nt)  bean fidhleir   Jun-17-08 07:53 PM   #111 
        - Not everything that is obscure is true  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 02:45 AM   #127 
  - Nothing is wrong with it and we should be investing in it...  cynatnite   Jun-17-08 12:54 PM   #12 
  - what was that little thing about the waste again...?  navarth   Jun-17-08 12:57 PM   #18 
  - It's a hell of a lot better than hiding under the bed...  cynatnite   Jun-17-08 01:00 PM   #22 
  - hiding under the bed?? WTF  navarth   Jun-17-08 07:35 PM   #106 
  - I'm OK with burying it inside a mountain  anigbrowl   Jun-17-08 01:14 PM   #34 
     - Do you have a mountain you would like to donate?  roody   Jun-17-08 06:07 PM   #93 
        - There's a lot of mountains. I'm sure a suitable one can be found somewhere.  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 02:32 AM   #126 
  - Launch it into space! n/t  TCJ70   Jun-17-08 01:42 PM   #42 
     - Seconded.  SteppingRazor   Jun-17-08 03:29 PM   #66 
     - And if there is an accident that scatters the payload.?....  hedgehog   Jun-17-08 04:07 PM   #80 
     - You forgot the sarcasm sign.  tomeboy   Jun-17-08 04:12 PM   #81 
  - Cost.  enough   Jun-17-08 12:55 PM   #14 
  - Thanks everyone.  ccharles000   Jun-17-08 12:55 PM   #15 
  - If you dig a bit deeper, there are numerous really bad problems.  navarth   Jun-17-08 12:55 PM   #16 
  - These are not as bad as you think  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 02:58 AM   #129 
  - It's not a renewable energy source?  Terran   Jun-17-08 12:56 PM   #17 
  - too much waste  mdmc   Jun-17-08 01:01 PM   #25 
  - Nuclear power is the death penalty of energy sources.  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 01:01 PM   #26 
  - leaks at a plant historically have not been reported.  senaca   Jun-17-08 01:36 PM   #39 
  - Thank you.  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 01:40 PM   #40 
  - The Hanford site in Washington state produced nuclear weapons.  Eric J in MN   Jun-17-08 01:59 PM   #50 
     - Hanford speaks to the trust factor or lack thereof.  senaca   Jun-17-08 04:55 PM   #83 
  - Then the same goes for health care, social security, education...  spoony   Jun-17-08 05:43 PM   #90 
  - Very republican of you to twist it the way you did! n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jun-18-08 02:20 AM   #125 
     - No, it's a fair rebuttal.  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 12:46 PM   #150 
     - Very...incoherent of you to say so.  spoony   Jun-18-08 01:40 PM   #165 
  - Your argument is the strongest one I've seen  varelse   Jun-17-08 08:04 PM   #114 
  - Reminds me of those drug ads.  baldguy   Jun-17-08 01:06 PM   #28 
  - the waste is being dealt with by denial- not a good solution-  Bluerthanblue   Jun-17-08 01:09 PM   #30 
  - Earlier nuclear power plants designs were so unsafe  SergeyDovlatov   Jun-17-08 01:20 PM   #36 
  - Everything else aside...and people should reflect on this..  truth2power   Jun-17-08 01:28 PM   #38 
  - That's crazy witch talk. n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jun-17-08 01:42 PM   #44 
  - ...  truth2power   Jun-17-08 06:56 PM   #100 
     - I'm joking. n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jun-18-08 02:19 AM   #124 
  - And then there is the sun, which in the Southwest we have plenty of. It's  Cleita   Jun-17-08 01:55 PM   #48 
  - And under ideal conditions you can get about 100 watts per square meter  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:24 PM   #63 
     - We have an Environment/Energy Forum here at DU.  Cleita   Jun-17-08 03:32 PM   #68 
        - I don't need a forum to find out how much solar energy falls on the earth's surface.  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:44 PM   #71 
        - Pwnage! :-)  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 03:01 AM   #130 
        - Here is some info from U of Oregon  pt22   Jun-17-08 05:23 PM   #86 
  - hadn't thought about it that way, but......yeah....... eom  ladywnch   Jun-18-08 05:11 PM   #188 
  - uhhhhh.......its evil!  poliscifanboy   Jun-17-08 01:42 PM   #43 
  - nothing except greed  GTRMAN   Jun-17-08 01:48 PM   #45 
  - There are many things wrong but on the top of my list is  Cleita   Jun-17-08 01:53 PM   #47 
  - Nueclear power and CO2 - Nuclear power is promoted as a way to  raincity_calling   Jun-17-08 01:57 PM   #49 
  - Not a thing at all, other than ...  damntexdem   Jun-17-08 02:24 PM   #53 
  - Two big problems,  MadHound   Jun-17-08 02:25 PM   #55 
  - There really isn't one. But a lot of older people have emotional baggage  Carnea   Jun-17-08 02:32 PM   #56 
  - Excellent point. To some, it's like seeing their deity exposed as a child molester.  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:26 PM   #64 
  - would you like to be bludgeoned to death with facts, or are you comfortable in your ignorance? n/t  greyhound1966   Jun-17-08 10:51 PM   #121 
  - 56 posts and no one's mentioned weapons proliferation?  KamaAina   Jun-17-08 02:39 PM   #58 
  - The US already has enough nukes, and "wrong hands," to  spoony   Jun-17-08 06:13 PM   #94 
  - It's not perfect but it beats the shit out of whatever else we will have when the oil is gone.  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:20 PM   #61 
  - Nuclear waste. nt  JerseygirlCT   Jun-17-08 03:21 PM   #62 
  - I am 100% in favor of nuclear power  singilarpoint   Jun-17-08 03:33 PM   #69 
     - Yeah but those 93 million mile extension cords are hell to untangle.  pt22   Jun-17-08 03:46 PM   #72 
     - LOL! nt  JerseygirlCT   Jun-17-08 06:59 PM   #101 
     - Fusion not fission. n/t  greyhound1966   Jun-17-08 10:48 PM   #120 
  - I think it should be on the table  LanternWaste   Jun-17-08 03:32 PM   #67 
  - It's Very Safe, the downside is the storage of waste  NeedleCast   Jun-17-08 03:48 PM   #73 
  - Media-inflated fear of the improbable.  Occam Bandage   Jun-17-08 03:49 PM   #74 
  - Yup!  NeedleCast   Jun-17-08 03:59 PM   #75 
  - Would you play Russian roulette with 10,000 bullets? Would you play it every day?  JackRiddler   Jun-17-08 07:13 PM   #104 
     - Depends on the number of chambers, the reward for playing, and the alternative to playing.  Occam Bandage   Jun-17-08 07:34 PM   #105 
     - Don't I do that by driving every day?  theboss   Jun-18-08 11:05 AM   #137 
        - We're having a discussion of it right now. Such as it is, on an Internet board.  JackRiddler   Jun-18-08 04:25 PM   #175 
  - the waste has a shelf life of hundreds of thousands of years...other than that...  spanone   Jun-17-08 04:03 PM   #78 
  - A lot less wrong than there was 30 or 40 years ago  slackmaster   Jun-17-08 06:05 PM   #92 
  - Big Problems  intaglio   Jun-17-08 06:47 PM   #97 
  - I think it is cost prohibitive  NNN0LHI   Jun-17-08 06:49 PM   #98 
  - Low risk, but of total disaster, plus mountains of radioactive waste.  JackRiddler   Jun-17-08 07:10 PM   #103 
  - I do not have an issue with Nuclear Power...  and-justice-for-all   Jun-17-08 07:39 PM   #108 
  - Take all the money you want to waste on nuclear  navarth   Jun-17-08 07:48 PM   #109 
  - Very little, actually. It's a temporary solution because uranium ore is in limited supply  bean fidhleir   Jun-17-08 07:50 PM   #110 
  - Stuff I learned from the pro-nuke crowd...  JackRiddler   Jun-17-08 07:55 PM   #113 
  - The terrible thing is you thought this was clever enough to  spoony   Jun-18-08 04:49 PM   #185 
  - ccharles000 your mom said she wants you to clean your room and get a job  Phred42   Jun-17-08 08:04 PM   #115 
  - The guy asks honest questions and you treat him like that?  navarth   Jun-18-08 10:14 AM   #133 
  - I didn't take that as an honest question  Phred42   Jun-18-08 10:23 AM   #134 
     - WTF  navarth   Jun-18-08 10:44 AM   #136 
  - Why are you being such a prick to him?  pt22   Jun-18-08 01:11 PM   #159 
  - Very adult of you.  spoony   Jun-18-08 04:44 PM   #183 
  - Do you want children? Do you want them to have children?  XOKCowboy   Jun-17-08 08:12 PM   #116 
  - I think it can be safely stored  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 01:39 PM   #163 
     - Nice postulation but do you have any proof?  XOKCowboy   Jun-18-08 03:16 PM   #171 
  - Yikes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUST READ  Old Hickory Fan   Jun-17-08 09:33 PM   #118 
  - No one knows how to dispose of the entire PLANT when it starts  DebJ   Jun-17-08 09:38 PM   #119 
  - Iran seems to be doing a good job with it.  deaniac21   Jun-18-08 10:27 AM   #135 
  - Want to know why nuclear power is actually fairly trust-worthy?  theboss   Jun-18-08 11:07 AM   #138 
  - Lies! It is federal government insured after the first 10 billion. That wont pay for a fraction  McCamy Taylor   Jun-18-08 06:05 PM   #192 
  - no problem at all  leftofthedial   Jun-18-08 11:13 AM   #139 
  - Besides problems with human error and nuclear waste already mentioned...  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-18-08 12:41 PM   #147 
  - Wow.  GaYellowDawg   Jun-18-08 12:43 PM   #148 
  - The counterpoint to that...  Bornaginhooligan   Jun-18-08 12:45 PM   #149 
  - It hasn't been profitable because the price of oil has been low  anigbrowl   Jun-18-08 12:55 PM   #152 
  - For those for it, can the plant be placed in your home town?  kiranon   Jun-18-08 12:55 PM   #153 
  - Sure  high density   Jun-18-08 01:49 PM   #167 
  - Er, you are equating nuclear power plants with bomb testing?  pt22   Jun-18-08 03:36 PM   #172 
  - Oh, brother. Nuke plants do not = nuclear weapons  spoony   Jun-18-08 04:46 PM   #184 
  - Good question  high density   Jun-18-08 01:46 PM   #166 
  - the laws of physics mean the problem of nuclear waste CAN'T be solved  pitohui   Jun-18-08 05:51 PM   #189 
  - "probably because of leaks from a nearby nuclear reactor, don't you think?"  spoony   Jun-18-08 06:01 PM   #191 
  - Assuming it's Long Island s/he's talking about  sir pball   Jun-19-08 10:14 AM   #206 
  - Radon from decomposing granite is all around  panhead1961   Jun-19-08 09:29 AM   #203 
  - Ditto. 100%.  HypnoToad   Jun-18-08 07:43 PM   #195 
  - Why not use renewables to the max instead? something like 71 sq miles of solar  yurbud   Jun-19-08 09:24 AM   #200 
  - oil & power companies like nuke because it can be monopolized--wind & solar can be dispersed  yurbud   Jun-19-08 09:27 AM   #202 
 

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