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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:44 PM Original message |
In reluctant praise of nuclear power. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't nuclear power put out greenhouse gases in the form of water vapor? |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Here's what I found on that subject. |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
2. Nuclear power is not carbon neutral. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. wouldnt the building and maintenance of any tech have the same problems? |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Read Helen Caldicott. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. yes, you have given valid reasons why nuclear is not good |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Once they are running, CO2 emissions are minimal, as I understand it. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. ok, agreed |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I am a huge fan of Dr. Caldicott's. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Just as big oil has climate change skeptics, big nukes has their proponents... |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Yes, the energy companies love nukes almost as much as oil. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Well, the rich won't have to worry about this... |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Irradiated rich people will get sick and die, just like the rest of us. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Gold leaf fallout shelters... |
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Beelzebud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. The physics is in for Nuclear Fusion, but there is no money. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm in the same position. |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
17. Conservation and R&D is the Key |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-06-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. 10,000 people researching alternative power...that sounds doable. |
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