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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:35 PM Original message |
Nuclear reactors will cost twice estimate, says E.ON chief |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's fine, it's well worth it |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I hope they don't ask to bury nukyuler waste in your yard. |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They don't bury it in anyone's backyard, so I don't get your point |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Most of the waste in MI is stored near the Great Lakes. |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Sorry, but nuclear waste is NOT short term anything |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Not if it turns into an expensive boondoggle |
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Pawel K (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I don't see how providing clean energy can turn in to a boondoggle |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Whoops! WPPSS "customers will continue paying for those uncompleted plants through 2021" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Here's another example - Oregon's first and only nuclear power plant |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 05:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. $112 billion in stranded costs for 110 canceled US nuclear plants = boondoggle |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-08-08 07:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Nucular energy is not clean. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. That was *just* like kicking a wasps nest! |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:19 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. It is better to go with wind, solar, geothermal, and wave/current/tidal. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah, because climate is nothing scary, really. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:37 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If you've read my posts (and I know you have) |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Hmmm. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Every crackpot with a pet technology is crawling out of the woodwork |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Ok, point by point: |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 03:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Here's my comment on that thread - PP left out an important paragraph... |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:54 AM Response to Reply #14 |
31. "nuclear has already failed once." |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Nuclear power can't and won't solve global warming. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 08:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "even worse than climate change"? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yeah. A lot worse. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Now there's a man who's never googled "canfield ocean". nt |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Does this look "clean" or "carbon free." |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:26 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. OK, so still haven't googled "Canfield Ocean" |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Google "Snake Oil Salesman." |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. why doe solar power help address global warming better than nuclear? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 02:24 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Nuclear power plants require a continuous supply of fuel, |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-09-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Again, Fail. |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. Billions are not being spent in solar research and I'll say more research |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 06:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Here's an interesting chart: |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I thought this was supposed to be interesting? |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-10-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. It's called "data" |
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