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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:53 AM Original message |
New U.S. nuclear reactors close to construction: S&P |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. here is a good overview of the status of the "renaissance" |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Does any of the "overview" translate to these reactors being stopped? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. On time and on budget? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Why does it matter what the price was when proposed? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. On time and on budget? |
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Marblehead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
3. what could go wrong... |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
5. At least there are only a couple that will go forward |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Good luck with that. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm referring to construction in the US |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. China is cutting back? Have you told Reuters? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. There is plenty of news about suspensions of nuke building in China |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Sounds like you still haven't learned a simple lesson: |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You haven't learned how to analyze double speak of a situation in flux |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 10:38 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Update |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 11:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. "Wishing doesn't make it so" - BWAHAHAHAA!!! |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Ok, now let's compare those to predictions about solar and wind |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. If you have the facts on your side, why do you need fabrications? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Do you assume that it's not true because you know that to be the case? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Your ability to be deliberately obtuse is a never ending source of amazement. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. It's amazing how the pro-nukes continue to lie about something which is so easily refutable |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. See #35. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:30 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Yes, he outlines two possibilities |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. No, your reasoning is faulty. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. And you are being hypocritical |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I'll go with door #2 Alex. n/t |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. Forecast vs "illustrative example" |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Yeah, but we didn't follow that path |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. yes, we did follow that path. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. No we didn't |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. No more bumps ... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:11 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. 75% of your posts that lead with just "." |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 06:12 PM Response to Reply #54 |
61. Could you coordinate a little better with bananas? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:15 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. LOL - you don't know the difference between a "proposal" and a "prediction"! |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Are you serious? It's your own standard but you can't live with it? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. In other words, you don't know the difference, and you don't know the history. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I know both. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:46 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. No, it's evident you don't. nt |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. What is "evident" is that hypocrisy is necessary for your position to succeed. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. How old are you? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Compare those charts to what actually happened: 100 quads in 2000 - just like Amory "predicted" |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:11 PM Response to Reply #33 |
56. IS that what he predicted? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:03 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Why bother sourcing it? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:10 AM Response to Reply #16 |
29. Nope, Lovins didn't make a "prediction", he compared two scenarios |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
40. And the hard path? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Those weren't his predictions, they were projections from government and industry |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:17 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Projections versus Predictions? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The two terms have different connotations, and you know that. nt |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 11:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yep. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 12:30 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Lovins graph labeled "illustrative example"; EIA graph labeled "forecasts" |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. We're talking about China here. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. At least two dozen? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I suspect it's differences in what's scored as "under construction" |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. I personally don't think either will come to fruitation. |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 08:12 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Where do they get stopped if not by Fukushima? |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 01:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. By the time Fukushima is over, I don't think anybody will want nuclear. |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 04:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Nobody wants nuclear |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. The result of Fukushima: we will build no more 1960s design reactors. So what? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. The Chinese are also building Gen II+ reactors. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-17-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Gen II+... hopefully that will change with their current "review" of future plans |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
57. Remind me again, |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. human character flaws of greed, corruption and corner cutting... |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #59 |
65. So you're just proving my point...! n/t |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. Honestly. Your point is both unprovable and irrefutable: too many variables |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
62. I have relatives that live near that SC plant |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:11 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Now that is ironic. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-18-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Your relatives near that nuclear power plant |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 04:49 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Now, now ... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Seriously? And here I thought you had respect for science... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 09:47 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Seriously: I have great respect for science ... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. So you equate spelling and grammar mistakes with deliberate misrepresentation? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. I equate spelling and grammar mistakes with a failure in "the accurate use of language". |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-19-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. I missed the part where you addressed the substance... |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-20-11 03:27 AM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Perhaps you are confusing me with another poster? |
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