Subj : Once upon a time.
To   : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sat Apr 02 2011 20:07:58


->>  RW> but the big fascists who really have a lot to gain like a dumbed
->>  RW> down populace.

->> WC> Yup.
->> WC> Ionizing radiation is now good for you!
->> WC> MSNBC part owned by G.E. really downplayed the very real threat
->> WC> there.

 Don't worry, soon all the media will be owned by one corporation
 and we will all hear all the same reports all the time.

 WC> A recent comprehensive Stanford University study has
 WC> revealed that current alternate energy technology along
 WC> with increases in efficiency and conservation could lead
 WC> the U.S. to cost competitive green energy in between 20 -
 WC> 40 years.

 IOW, well worth working for, but not a current practical answer.

 WC> Assuming the political will to go in that direction were
 WC> there. Nuclear is quite simply the most expensive form of
 WC> energy there is and could not even be considered if the
 WC> costs of the wastes and liability were taken into
 WC> consideration.

 WC> The insurance liability has been shifted to the taxpayer
 WC> in the form of the The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries
 WC> Indemnity Act.

 I have long wondered, if Nuclear power is so safe why to they
 need limits on liability?

 WC> That said I give grudging and limited support to LFTR or
 WC> floride molten salt reactors as they are inherently fail
 WC> safe and simply turn off if the outside power and safety
 WC> systems go out. If one overheats a frozen plug melts, the
 WC> fuel drains out and it turns itself off.

 I would like to see some research and development on some
 different versions.

 ...

 WC> Still of concern is locating them in a geologically stable
 WC> area as well as an area safe from tsunami.

->> WE're gonna need nukes, like it or not to get through the
->> next few decades until we figure out the lower carbon
->> footprint thing.

 WC> I was of that opinion until quite recently and if it will
 WC> prevent foreign policy conflict overseas I'm for it.

 Conservation is still the best first step, but the rest does
 need to come down the pike.

 WC> However I firmly believe what is holding up even friendlier
 WC> forms of alternative energies are vested corporate
 WC> interests intent upon squeezing every last petrodollar out
 WC> of the hands of the American people at the expense in blood
 WC> to our servicemen and service woman. See the tagline.

 I don't give them credit for being that good as to get away with
 that.

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BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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