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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:28 AM Original message |
German watchdog pushes to keep coal plants (less nuclear = more coal) |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
1. No. Blame it on the power industry, not the nuclear moratorium |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. It's unsustainable because idiots who are preparing for a tsunami in Berlin |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Because, we all know… |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 12:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Wonder what the odds are: global warming vs. simultaneous meteorite strikes |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Meteorite stikes. Really? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Your imagination is much more fertile than mine. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Interesting… |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. The chair of the NRC is urging a safety review, not a moratorium. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Not just a review |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:10 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Not a moratorium. The Germans have a moratorium. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Once again, you pretend that everything is black and white |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. NRC Study Shows the Serious Consequences of a Fukushima-Type Accident in the US |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yikes! The potential for a tsunami in Pennsylvania has been severely underestimated. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. I knew you’d get to the funny smilies |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Holy cow. You must never step outside. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 04:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. A masterful misdirection! |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
47. The entire point of a regulatory agency is to be concerned about safety. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. And the potential for hurricanes in Florida! |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
26. Fission Stories #50: Manual Inaction |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. If you keep posting blurbs from the Union of Concerned Wannabe Scientists |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Very good! |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-09-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #30 |
45. Well, they *are* CONcerned about where their next corporate donor check is gonna come from! |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. Right. That would be impossible! n/t |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. LOL! |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. So the plan is to shut down 4 coal plants. Good. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Demand for Wind Power, Wind Turbines Rises with German Nuclear Power Shutdown |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Germany Boosts Clean-Energy Research by 75% to Ease Nuclear Exit |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. These were old coal plants that were shutting down as NEW coal plants replacesd them. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. It is hard trade |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Can you substantiate from the German plan that has been actually been adopted? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Were you under the impression that the plan they just adopted was that granular? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #17 |
29. What their plan states |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 01:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. Because Germany and Georgia both start with a "G" ??? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. How strange. You talked about a "plan" that has already been "adopted"... then posted that? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-22-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
46. Just in case you ever care what their ACTUAL plan states. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Germany is still planning to build new fossil fueled plants as well during its transtion off of |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. 20.82 - 19.18 - 10.06 |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. They are indeed doing better than many, though new fossil fuel plants were a surprise to many of us |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. What new fossil plants? |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. . |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 01:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. LOL n/t |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-05-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. But please explain... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Easy... |
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SpoonFed (801 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-08-11 07:49 AM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Your reading comprehension is terrible... |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-06-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. What a shock! |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
42. Germans use public transit far more than Americans or |
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FBaggins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-07-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. And have a much higher population density |
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