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| Old Foes Soften to New Nuclear Reactors |
| 2005-05-15 |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 OTOH, I refuse to *thank* them for offering to fuck it up slightly less than usual. |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-05-15 16:39 |
| #7 If anyone thinks that a natioanl nuclear program will be initiated without the greens totally f*cking it up with their agenda, you need your head examined. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-05-15 15:59 |
| #6 The addition to the McCain-Lieberman bill, which is being circulated in draft form, would codify a new political bargain. Conservatives would support emission controls in return for liberal support for a new generation of nuclear power plants, a shift that could reshape the existing alignments on these issues. Naturally, the Libs will insist on legislation to mandate the emission controls, while simultaneously insisting that THEY can be TRUSTED to support nuclear power WITHOUT comparable legislation. The Bush Judicial nominee scandal is recent enough to make me unconvinced that they have the depth and quality of character necessary to keep any promises they make to non-Democrats. Sorta similar to the way Muslims regard agreements with Non-muslims. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-05-15 15:13 |
| #5 But...but...but...a poorly-run nuclear plant could explode like a hydrogen bomb! Believe it or not, many, many anti-nuclear activists believe this as a matter of principle. |
| Posted by: gromky 2005-05-15 14:27 |
| #4 The important thing here, the element that the debate needs to focus on, is that nuclear energy is not just a single technology, any more then there is only one kind of steam engine. For example, while there is a general familiarity, for better or worse, with large scale "wet" and "dry" reactors, most people are unfamiliar with the "pebble" reactor of the type that the Chinese are planning to build by the dozen. They also are unaware of small reactors, about the size of a trash dumpster, that can power several city blocks of high-energy consumption businesses, and whose fuel cannot be used for most nefarious purposes, developed by the Japanese and South Africans. Reactors will continue to get smaller and cleaner, being essential for extended space missions and undersea purposes, not to mention emergency power to places devastated by disaster. Eventually there will be very small reactors, perhaps the size of a vehicle engine block, that will combine a nuclear reaction with conventional engine technology to create a hybrid capable of exotic performance curves. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-05-15 13:20 |
| #3 "Several of the nation's most prominent environmentalists have gone public with the message that nuclear power, long taboo among environmental advocates, should be reconsidered as a remedy for global warming." Whatever. We need to do this becuase its the right thing to do. Build the safe reactors, stop burning coal, and save all the oil for petrochem use, drop our imports. And do one thign the Enviros willnot agree to: start drilling off the coasts of CA and Florida, as well as inland areas. There is enough oil there to make us fully independant if we go for nukes for electricity, and push hybrids to be better so they are more salable. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2005-05-15 12:18 |
| #2 They use the junk science of global warming for their change of mind. These people should should leave the conversation about energy. Its way over their heads. They just need to go find a tree to live in. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2005-05-15 08:23 |
| #1 Wow, EnviroWank stupidity has a half-life! Who'da thunk it? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-05-15 01:56 |