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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:43 PM Original message |
"Only nuclear power can halt global warming" - James Lovelock |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. He's right. |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I agree. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. This is the same link as in Breaking News isn't it? |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. *looks* Huh, so it is. |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. We'll bury the nuclear waste |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 09:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. We will NOT bury nuclear waste, except maybe in this stupid generation. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 03:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. NNadir - just a quick question... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 07:47 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. All nuclear reactors engage in some transmutation as a normal |
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LARED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 08:00 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. So funny and true |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 08:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Absolutely. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. The National Research Council estimates actinide burning will cost |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Really? I have the full National Research Council Report in front of me |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 10:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You need to "sight" the references you "site" before you post |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 03:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. 80 billion to 100 billion, compared to 7,191,000,000 barrels of oil |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 09:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. 7,191,000,000 barrels of oil??? Why do you make that comparison? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 11:00 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Exactly |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. The issue is money and carbon, not the origin of the pollutants. |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 11:45 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. More wild claims??? |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 08:22 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. The nuclear advisory board is well represented around here |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 11:10 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. The Nuclear Lobby repesents the biggest Corporate Republican Whores |
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PeaceForever (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 12:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. But, you know, that can be a good thing. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 02:35 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. New nuclear capacity is and will remain uneconomical |
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PeaceForever (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 04:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, given those facts, I agree with your viewpoint. n/t |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. why oh why can't we compete with china anymore? |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 06:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. The greening Automotive Industry in China. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 12:45 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. China is a communist dictatorship |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 06:04 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. now there's a well-reasoned, irrefutable set of facts |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 05:50 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Deleted message |
jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Transmutation of 90-strontium and 137-cesium is impractical |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 05:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Yes they are. There is no need to transmute them. Their half-lives are |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Good luck peddling radio-cesium/strontium heat sources to public schools |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Maybe you can tell me what a pure beta emitter is. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 10:28 AM Response to Reply #46 |
51. Ooh La La! I just love your idea for nuclear-powered automobiles. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 11:18 AM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Bremsstrahlung from large beta sources produces secondary x-rays |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Deleted message |
jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 10:07 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. Nonsense: An Sr-90 source large enough to power/heat an average house |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 08:39 AM Response to Reply #56 |
60. about the "great excess of thyroid cancers in children" |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 06:34 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. There was a hundred-fold increase in thyroid cancer in children |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 12:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
61. This is what happens when kids play with a 137-Cs source |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-30-04 10:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Those facilities are already heated/powered by nuclear |
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Bdog (280 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 08:25 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. You have missed the point |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 10:25 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. wow, that nnadir is one wacky guy |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 08:40 PM Response to Reply #50 |
64. Deleted message |
Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-04-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #64 |
81. NNadir |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
5. But what if |
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shreck (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
70. do-over |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. hey, Lovelock! |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-24-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yuccan Mountain Depository |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 10:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
52. You're confusing two different DOE repositories. eom |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
11. The Future of Nuclear Power |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
12. another angle: quantum nucleonic reactors |
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Emperor_Norton_II (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 11:08 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Doesn't seem to have much power potential |
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factroid (30 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
14. Lovelock and nuclear |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-04 03:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. could you kindly explain |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 10:49 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Ozonate? Do you really know any science? |
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PeaceForever (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-27-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
19. Nuclear power doesn't emit carbon dioxide . . . |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. Is nuclear energy a global power source? |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 03:07 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. sure it's global |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-28-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. That's a very weak showing |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-29-04 08:41 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. It would depend, hugely on who the President is. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 03:05 AM Response to Reply #40 |
48. They Built a Nuke in my Hometown & People Started Dying of Cancer a Lot |
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wuushew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-01-04 09:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. I am waiting for your carefully researched study |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 12:41 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Not Much Else Has Changed |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 03:05 AM Response to Reply #55 |
58. This is intellectually dishonest argument. |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 06:56 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. there is a relatively small window where increasing radiation |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. you're still on that hormesis canard? |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 07:54 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. excuse me? is reading comprehension plummeting? |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 11:26 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. sure thing. reading comprehension has always been my worst suit |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 05:16 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. i'm not sure that anyone has "embraced" hormesis based on current |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. Well, there's a hodge-podge! |
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treepig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 05:31 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. huh, if you'd actually bother to read the information |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 01:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. i've read quite a lot |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 02:58 PM Response to Reply #69 |
73. It is not clear to me what in my previous post ... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #69 |
74. OK. You have shamed me into reading the SciAm article. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-02-04 11:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
67. here's my favorite argument in that mess: |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 05:46 PM Response to Reply #59 |
75. Hormesis: a canard indeed |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 07:01 PM Response to Reply #40 |
77. OK, assuming the RW press does not go away |
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shreck (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
71. France |
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cprise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-03-04 07:03 PM Response to Reply #71 |
78. Excellent |
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SHRED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-04-04 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
79. Oh really? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-04-04 02:22 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Is this the Robert Costanza known for his research ... |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-04-04 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
82. I'm locking this. |
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