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kristopher

(29,798 posts)
12. That too lacks accuracy
Sun Jul 29, 2012, 09:14 PM
Jul 2012

You spent several years surreptitiously arguing for nuclear power until you were finally cornered and had to admit that, yes, you do support nuclear power.

Since the collapse of the nuclear revival caused by its soaring costs, the strategy of nuclear proponents has been to go dark and pretend there is no such thing as nuclear power while they focus on undermining public trust in its only real, long term competition - renewable energy.

The immediate economic agent crippling nuclear is natural gas, but according to nuclear executives that is expected to last less than 10 years. Meanwhile the plummeting price of energy from natural sources such as wind and solar, coupled with their rapid expansion of a manufacturing base, poses an existential threat to nuclear. That threat is what is now being focused on by the public outreach machine they have cultivated.

Wittingly or unwittingly you are following that playbook to the letter.

The OP gives a far better understanding of the current situation than anything written in your posts.

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Jul 2012 #1
Do you ever understand anything you "read"? kristopher Jul 2012 #2
WE'RE SCREWED XemaSab Jul 2012 #4
Thanks Kris--great articles! diane in sf Jul 2012 #3
Part one starts off with misinformation. joshcryer Jul 2012 #5
Ya gotta wonder why this is happening, then: GliderGuider Jul 2012 #6
There's a lot of ignorance and misinformation in that post GG kristopher Jul 2012 #8
So what you're saying seems to be GliderGuider Jul 2012 #9
Is that what you believe? kristopher Jul 2012 #10
You're reduced to reading my tea leaves. GliderGuider Jul 2012 #11
That too lacks accuracy kristopher Jul 2012 #12
"The immediate economic agent crippling nuclear is natural gas" XemaSab Jul 2012 #13
Well, that gives wind ten years to close the gap, n'est-ce pas? nt GliderGuider Jul 2012 #15
One thing I've never figured out GliderGuider Jul 2012 #14
You have a point. joshcryer Jul 2012 #17
Especially when we don't even take ourselves seriously GliderGuider Jul 2012 #18
The invisible hand, indeed. Tata Group is growing out coal production. joshcryer Jul 2012 #16
Damn, they're planning on quintupling coal-generated electricity in the next 8 years! NickB79 Jul 2012 #19
You shut your mouth XemaSab Jul 2012 #20
Yep, OP is Orwellian double speak. joshcryer Jul 2012 #21
coal is on a surge worldwide backwoodsbob Jul 2012 #7
Yep, and the coal we don't burn we're shipping overseas. joshcryer Jul 2012 #22
Good to hear from Carl Pope--eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #23
One might read your post as sarcasm. hunter Jul 2012 #24
Go outside and get some fresh air...eom Kolesar Jul 2012 #25
Mmmm, 400-ppm-of-CO2-and-rising-rapidly fresh air, nice NickB79 Jul 2012 #26
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