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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:30 AM Original message |
When should we use nuclear power |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
1. We only need a small amount of radiation to sterilize the White House |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Nuclear power is not an effective response to global warming. |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. I am not against nuclear power per se, but it shares problems with fossil fuels |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 04:34 AM Response to Original message |
4. We should use it to fill in the gaps left by renewables |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:30 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. "...we don't have two generations to act. We don't even have one." |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Depends how you look at it |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 09:13 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. A lot depends on what happens to the capital markets in the next 5 years. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "we" = humanity, "fucked" = ... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I used to think that "civilization is going to crash". I no longer think that, at least not exactly |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:20 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The problem is, we don't "do" local anymore |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. That's exactly what I mean about being in the way of the failure avalanches |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. We should use nuclear power to produce plutonium to build bombs to take back our oil |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-03-08 08:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Or to fund solar research... |
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