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RedEarth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 01:40 PM Original message |
Nuclear power ........too expensive.......Joe Romm |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sure the experts cited will let us know when wind and solar scale up enough |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. No you aren't. |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Ahhh, efficiency |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. The Self-Limiting Future of Nuclear Power -- Romm's report (link) |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. recent estimates '''have blown by our highest estimate' of costs computed just eight months ago" |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here in Califoria, the desert meets the sea, inland is too arid to support cooling |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I presume you mean cooling water for cooling condensers |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Arizona is too arid too. |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Inhofe |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. McCain wants us to do as the French do? |
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Finishline42 (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. 3 Reasons why the French were successful and the US would have problems |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The French also practiced "oversight" during construction... |
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Finishline42 (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. That goes back to the Technocrats that run their system |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:48 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. The French have a waste disposal problem with their nukes--not something |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
30. 4. France exploited/plundered the uranium resources of its former African colonies |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you don't know what you're talking about, make stuff up. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 06:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Why do you hate America? |
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conning (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I'm listening to him |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Ask him how his molten salt breeder is coming along.... |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Fine. Then let's clean up Hanford, White Sands, NE TN and the Native American lands... |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. not to mention Rocky Flats. nt |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-02-08 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. No, he misunderstands the science |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Since you bring up misrepresentation |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. "my skepticism about nuclear power playing a much larger role in the world's energy future" |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Um, are you giving lectures on "science" now? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. Unfortunately, so much of what he writes is wrong, you may know less now than you did before |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Really? You "debunked my numbers?" You've proved that 21 < 10? |
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Vogon_Glory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:59 AM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The Real Problem Remains Fossil Fuels, Not Nuclear or Solar |
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Finishline42 (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
22. What you fail to acknowledge |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. God, not this nonsense again. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:01 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Romm is using current estimates widely accepted by industry. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 12:02 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Anti-nuclear activism is the noisy parrot sitting on the shoulder of the coal industry. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So the nuclear industry is now full of anti-nuclear activists? |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. WRONG! "100% reliable no matter the location, weather.." |
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