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Quixote1818 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:08 AM Original message |
Poll question: Are you for or against building more Nuclear Power plants? |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. ObSarcasm |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. We are running out of oil. |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Not until we can find a safe place to store the existing nuclear waste |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
25. Not store, reprocess the used fuel and recycle it. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:09 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Other countries pretend to do it, we could pretend to do it, too. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #25 |
50. The thing is, most of the volume of nuclear waste doesn't come from expended fuel |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
35. The recycled waste has a lot of uses. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Completely, totally, unabashedly for--I'm a strong environmentalist. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Nuclear is more expensive than the alternatives |
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wintersoulja (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
47. lol |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:19 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good question. How about nuclear vs. coal? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And that is why I am in favor of nuclear plants. |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. LOL! I was thinking a poll would be good! I hear ya! nt |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Occam - Tell that to the Navajo Indians!!!! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Dear Navajo Indians: |
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Bobbieo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You have to have uranium to build nuclear plants and that stuff has been mined |
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Tellurian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. They should be thinking in terms of natural sources wind and sun |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
7. Nuclear power has its place |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Not possible with todays technology... |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:11 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Yes, it is possible |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:45 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. umm... you do realize that submarines |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 08:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. The earth itself |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #22 |
32. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!! |
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hogwyld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:27 AM Response to Original message |
10. We don't need no stinkin' power |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes-but hire the French! |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
13. Against - - 10 to 20 Billion per plant would fund a lot of solar/wind NOW! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I'd love to use natural resources, but is that realistically doable |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yep. |
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Yukari Yakumo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Not even close |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 04:44 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. respectfully differ |
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Konza (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 02:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. What about making each state/region develop |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
43. We should all try and do our part. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
20. I live near a nuclear power plant. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 08:29 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. And yet you continue to live near the nuclear plant |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. And yet you continue to live in Dubya's America and Jeb's FLorida |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 11:03 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. Jeb is no longer Governor of FL and Bush will be out of the White House in 369 days |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Best to start looking at what's going on in your back yard. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I'm retired on a limited income. Moving isn't an option for |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. Absolutely for safe nuclear energy |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
51. Where are you going to put the waste then? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
31. Fossil fuels can only be short term, and renewables only long-term |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Nope. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
33. That depends. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. present. I'd like to see how the poll goes. nt. |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
38. Against. Against. Against. |
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Barack_America (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
39. Nuclear energy *might* contaminate our environment. Fossil fuels DO. |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
41. I'm APPALLED at the degree of SUPPORT for nuke energy; progressives have our work cut out for us |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 11:55 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. No. Stop assuming progressives have to be anti-nuclear energy. Thanks. |
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wintersoulja (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. heck no |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. In real life, many "progressives" so-called support HIV/AIDS denialism |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-17-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. To me, being antinuclear energy* is as basic to being progressive as including sexual orientation... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
42. can you say Waste - poisonous waste that never goes away |
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David Zephyr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-16-08 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
49. Hillary on Video About Nuclear Energy |
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