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Mon Aug-11-08 05:01 PM
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We need to recycle waste as the French do. It doesn't eliminate waste entirely, but at least it consumes about 95% of it.
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| -Nuclear energy development- Yeah or nay? |
Callous Taoboys |
Aug-11-08 01:42 PM |
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Assuming we aren't going back to the dark ages |
bryant69 |
Aug-11-08 01:45 PM |
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Research, yes, Development, not yet |
Taverner |
Aug-11-08 01:46 PM |
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For starters, cold fusion is largely a myth. |
TheWraith |
Aug-12-08 11:52 AM |
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Recycling is good - but Cold Fusion is not a myth |
Taverner |
Aug-12-08 05:00 PM |
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I live near a nuke plant. |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 01:54 PM |
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My brother is arguing that |
Callous Taoboys |
Aug-11-08 04:37 PM |
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In the end the waste is the BIG problem. |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 05:00 PM |
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it seems to be working in france. |
sweets |
Aug-11-08 01:55 PM |
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France is having concerns about it's waste disposal. They are running out |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 01:57 PM |
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i'm not advocating it. |
sweets |
Aug-11-08 02:04 PM |
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You need to start pressuring your politicians, municipal, state and federal |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 02:19 PM |
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And is it true that they are shipping the waste to Russia? n/t |
Callous Taoboys |
Aug-11-08 04:38 PM |
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We could always go back to Whale oil and cutting trees |
ben_meyers |
Aug-11-08 02:00 PM |
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i'm in arizona too. |
sweets |
Aug-11-08 02:08 PM |
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Plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,000 years. That's not great. |
The Wielding Truth |
Aug-11-08 02:03 PM |
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The earth won't survive another 1,000 years without CO2-free energy |
wtmusic |
Aug-11-08 02:09 PM |
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If you were truly worried about radiation... |
Nederland |
Aug-11-08 02:16 PM |
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Coal plants are a bad idea too and they should be replaced with alternative energy |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 02:24 PM |
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Source |
Nederland |
Aug-11-08 03:00 PM |
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I am concerned with all pollution. This thread asks about nuclear |
The Wielding Truth |
Aug-11-08 02:44 PM |
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You have to ask yourself though |
Nederland |
Aug-11-08 03:06 PM |
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yeah. Until we get fusion. |
JVS |
Aug-11-08 02:06 PM |
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It's the only way to keep up with energy demand. There are no good |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 02:11 PM |
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Nay |
AndyTiedye |
Aug-11-08 02:11 PM |
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Did you notice where Palo Verde is? n/t |
ben_meyers |
Aug-11-08 02:22 PM |
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Active cooling is only needed for a year or 2 and there is plenty of uranium in the U.S. |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 02:26 PM |
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The idea of yucca Mountain is to keep it away from water |
AngryAmish |
Aug-11-08 03:20 PM |
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Yeah. Right now. nt |
wtmusic |
Aug-11-08 02:20 PM |
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Underground |
izquierdista |
Aug-11-08 02:24 PM |
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How long do you think you can do this before you run out of places to do this? |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 02:27 PM |
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There are millions of sites like the one described...and with current technology |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 02:29 PM |
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And what is the population of the world? |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 02:33 PM |
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I'm not going to tell the Japanese what they can do in the Ginza. |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 04:18 PM |
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Illogical |
izquierdista |
Aug-11-08 02:40 PM |
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Oh and your thinking is three dimensional? |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 02:51 PM |
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I agree that nukes are not the best solution |
izquierdista |
Aug-11-08 03:47 PM |
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Three Mile Island |
Popol Vuh |
Aug-11-08 02:50 PM |
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Nay, too many problems and too much money placed into the same hands that have screwed us |
greyhound1966 |
Aug-11-08 02:58 PM |
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Best answer yet as to why we shouldn't place all our eggs in one basket. n/t |
Cleita |
Aug-11-08 03:09 PM |
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It strikes me as the best of many bad options. |
theboss |
Aug-11-08 04:41 PM |
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you can love your brother for other reasons.... |
spanone |
Aug-11-08 04:46 PM |
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Nay. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 04:56 PM |
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Uh huh. If you actually knew how to do it better, cheaper and faster |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 05:50 PM |
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umm... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 05:52 PM |
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No "solar plant" will ever be useful for more than one or a few households. |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 06:30 PM |
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There's the SEGS operation providing power to half a million people. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 06:39 PM |
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They are not self-contained, they depend on burning natural gas for |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 07:06 PM |
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Ignore it, it will go away. |
greyhound1966 |
Aug-12-08 02:10 AM |
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a qualified yea |
pokerfan |
Aug-11-08 05:01 PM |
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I've been following what could be a "magic bullet" solution |
kgfnally |
Aug-11-08 05:02 PM |
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Wow, pretty neat. I'll pass this on to the bro. |
Callous Taoboys |
Aug-11-08 05:09 PM |
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I'd rather spend the money on solar, wind, hydro and geothermal |
bob_weaver |
Aug-11-08 05:53 PM |
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If you can figure out a way to run an airplane with those, you can become very very rich. |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 05:57 PM |
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I understand the Soviets tried to make a nuclear power airplane. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 05:59 PM |
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They had the first artificial satellite...the fact they couldn't make a nuke powered plane |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 06:32 PM |
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What fact do you think is a fact? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 06:36 PM |
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I agree the thread contains a lot of nonsense...one example of which is the |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 06:41 PM |
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You can replace all the electricity produced by hydrocarbon |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-11-08 06:42 PM |
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Bullshit. |
isentropic |
Aug-11-08 07:03 PM |
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yep |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 01:40 AM |
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Makes more sense than nukes. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 11:39 AM |
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Have you done the math? |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 03:44 PM |
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Well, like I was saying... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 03:47 PM |
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That's not what you said |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 04:17 PM |
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Well, assuming you're correct... |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 05:08 PM |
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Your math is off - it's not that bad |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 05:24 PM |
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Excuse me, I misinterpreted the question. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 05:32 PM |
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I only wanted you to get a feel for the scale of the problem |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 05:47 PM |
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No, it's still small portion of Nevada. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 05:48 PM |
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depends upon your definition of small I guess |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 06:13 PM |
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40,000 sq. miles you say. |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 06:25 PM |
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I've talked you from 600 plants |
pokerfan |
Aug-12-08 07:17 PM |
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What, exactly, are you trying to argue? |
Bornaginhooligan |
Aug-12-08 07:26 PM |
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See my post above. |
kgfnally |
Aug-12-08 05:49 PM |
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I'll take the sailboat, but thanks anyway. |
bob_weaver |
Aug-11-08 11:12 PM |
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no way |
fascisthunter |
Aug-11-08 05:59 PM |
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Ah, screw it - let's just go ahead! |
Terry in Austin |
Aug-11-08 06:04 PM |
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Once was enough for me |
madokie |
Aug-12-08 06:53 AM |
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How far from his home should we build the cooling tower? n/t |
rucky |
Aug-11-08 06:33 PM |
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Yes, and right the fuck now. |
Codeine |
Aug-12-08 01:49 AM |
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No. I live too close to one, & they haven't figured out what to do with the waste yet. nt |
Hekate |
Aug-12-08 02:25 AM |
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Yeah |
Fla_Democrat |
Aug-12-08 06:13 AM |
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Nay. Welcome to Chernobyl. Enjoy your stay. |
Truth2Tell |
Aug-12-08 04:27 PM |
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