Now you r just being silly. Nuclear is and will be part of our energy plan now and far into the future.
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Now you r just being silly. Nuclear is and will be part of our energy plan now and far into the future.
Puck it
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Just watched the Chernobyl documentary on the Green Channel. Very sobering. 600 heli pilots died of radiation exposure dropping the lead on the reactor. The other three reactors were back in operation after unit 4 was entombed.
Cool radiation exposure chart: http://xkcd.com/radiation/
riverc0il
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Oh, nice preview! I recall other xkcd's that used similar graphic representation, can't recall which off the top of my head.
So... how many Sv's do you suppose took Spock down in ST:II?
Too soon? :-?
billski
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Edd
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The comedic value of this comment should be acknowledged. I hearby declare this remark funny.
Puck it
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As much as the "volunteers" at Chernobyl.
Puck it
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Looks like reactor 3 has a big problem. Reports are saying the core may be breached. This is the reactor with the MOX fuel.
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Because its such a clean, earth friendly option...http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/02/stewart_brand_a.php
ctenidae
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Better than most of the other alternatives.
Coal pollutes the air
Nat Gas pollutes the ground water
Oil funds terrorists
Windmills kill birds and bats
Solar costs too much
Geothermal is in all the wrong places
Tidal kills the whales
Hydro kills the fish
Nuclear just makes you glow in the dark, which reduces the amount of power we need at night. Win, win.
:lol:
ctenidae
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Also important to point out that, using the figures in that Treehugger article, nuclear power in Canada produces about 0.006 metric tonnes of CO2 per MWh produced. In the US, coal fired power plants produce 1 tonne per MWh. That's 13 pounds, full cycle, per MWh for nuclear, 2,000 pounds, just burning, for coal.
You do the math. No, wait, I already did.
You do the math. No, wait, I already did.
mondeo
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18 million tonnes of waste rock! Oh, no! I mean, it was taken out of the ground and then...put on the ground probably pretty close to where it was taken out. Possibly used as fill for previous uranium mines. An environmental tragedy.
But the mining process for coal and nickle (used for all those incredibly environmentally friendly hybrids) are so much cleaner.
drjeff
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18 million tonnes of waste rock! Oh, no! I mean, it was taken out of the ground and then...put on the ground probably pretty close to where it was taken out. Possibly used as fill for previous uranium mines. An environmental tragedy.
But the mining process for coal and nickle (used for all those incredibly environmentally friendly hybrids) are so much cleaner.
Meh! Big hole in the ground = new potential ski area development! Winning!
:lol:
mondeo
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That's one hell of a pillow line...Meh! Big hole in the ground = new potential ski area development! Winning!
from_the_NEK
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Meh! Big hole in the ground = new potential ski area development! Winning!
But a lot of coal mining is is done via mtn top removal, making mtns shorter... FAIL!
ctenidae
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But a lot of coal mining is is done via mtn top removal, making mtns shorter... FAIL!
Ooh, that's a good point.
mondeo
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You don't even ski, what do you care?
ctenidae
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Hey now, I managed to get out all of 4 or 5 times this year. I even skied with dmc, and that's got to count for something.
Why must you hurt me so?
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