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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-05 10:04 PM Original message |
Poll question: Nuclear Power? Good or bad? |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-05 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Overall good. If it is done right. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. Way, way , way too dangerous...three mile island, Chernobyl... |
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BillZBubb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-28-05 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
3. Still too many major problems. |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. And it stays pretty nasty for a loooooong time. |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Question: If radioactivity is directly proportional to the half-life ... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:07 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Radioactive waste isn't all one element. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. We aren't going to make it thru the next century without it. |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Bumpkis... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. It will require both. |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Not necessarily.... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I guess I have different aspirations than you |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Progress eh? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Yes, I'm worried we will die of our own knife. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. A tangential question |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The key,... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I expect that all our lives will become more like your friend's |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. Yeah. When you find a better place to go, and know to get there, tell us. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. At your suggestion in a previous thread |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 01:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. ironically... |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. I am not a "primitivist" - I am a believer in using basic bio tools |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. The question... |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. I am in favor of preserving industrial society |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 10:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I just took some Adult Education/Continuing Engineering Education |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 01:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I'm not... |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. I choose White. No, Black! |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. This isn't a yes-or-no question |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
12. If the industry can come up |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. re-process the waste, and re-use it. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:53 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Some very interesting work from the "Ag" Schools |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. Better yet. Use breeder reactors. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. Breeders have never worked as advertised and are just plain dangerous |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 06:13 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Your wrong. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 06:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. CANDU reactors are NOT breeders |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. CANDU is a breeder. Besides uranium, it will burn thorium and plutonium. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #60 |
67. The Canadians and other operators of CANDU reactors |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 04:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
68. The CANDU reactors produce whopping amounts of tritium, which ... |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 11:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
41. Uh, okay. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Reprocessing has never been economical, and it's dirty and dangerous |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 06:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I agree. That is why you use breeder reactors. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 06:36 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Breeders don't work and the plutonium they (can't) |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:27 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Ack! "NK get "there" bombs... |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. wind/solar power is cheaper |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Then do you also require "infallibility" of the people who run |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. You have the insight? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:35 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. My point seems to have slid past you. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 02:47 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. It must be your |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. What the hell are you smoking? |
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ChemEng (314 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 09:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Kick! |
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thegreatwildebeest (224 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
47. And where is our food supposed to come from? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 11:02 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Just from a real nuclear family |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 02:33 AM Response to Reply #33 |
66. read your hype |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Cheaper but less reliable |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 05:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Conversion of Coal/Gas |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 06:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
44. Nonsense. Solar power is NOT cheaper. |
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Coastie for Truth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 10:29 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Everything has a "niche" where it is "optimal" |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 02:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. the cost is coming down |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 04:09 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. It's been "coming down" for thirty years but is still too expensive. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:39 PM Response to Reply #49 |
58. here say evidence and your opinion |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 08:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. Solar panels and nuclear power plants cost about the same per peak watt. |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 01:34 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Once again my friend |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 04:46 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Scandinavia is using solar panels in the dark? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 05:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Global 2005 shipments of PV modules will exceed 1100 MW |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 08:50 PM Response to Reply #50 |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-02-05 10:11 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. 400 exajoules per year? |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
25. I have to say that I support it... |
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IChing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 04:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. fusion research I support |
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Kool Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 12:01 AM Response to Reply #25 |
42. I agree with your caveats. |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-29-05 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
36. It would be great, if it wasn't for the Nuclear waste disposal issue. |
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hecate77 (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. Unfortunately, PV prices have shot up due to very short supply |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-01-05 04:59 PM Response to Reply #59 |
69. Growing pains |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-30-05 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
63. I think nuclear power |
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