Comments on: Light the Reactors http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/ Sat, 19 May 2012 04:16:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Rich http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-851 Rich Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:06:49 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-851 hmm maybe that phrase was a bit harsh. I hope I did not offend anyone. When I said that I was mainly referring to the powerful environmentalist lobbying and PR organizations who, with all their focus on these issues, I would expect to be big proponents of nuclear power. Instead, they demonize it, which to me is irrational. In the end, the anti-nuke lobby is lot louder than the pro-nuke one, so people mostly hear bad things and fear nuclear power. The rank-and-file environmentalists trust these groups and I feel they are being misinformed on this issue. hmm maybe that phrase was a bit harsh. I hope I did not offend anyone. When I said that I was mainly referring to the powerful environmentalist lobbying and PR organizations who, with all their focus on these issues, I would expect to be big proponents of nuclear power. Instead, they demonize it, which to me is irrational.

In the end, the anti-nuke lobby is lot louder than the pro-nuke one, so people mostly hear bad things and fear nuclear power. The rank-and-file environmentalists trust these groups and I feel they are being misinformed on this issue.

]]> By: cehpyn http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-839 cehpyn Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:18:11 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-839 Nuclear power has caused far fewer health problems than coal has. It's like comparing the safety of cars to airplanes. Air travel is the safest way to travel, and cars are one of the most dangerous. Yet how many are afraid of flying as opposed to riding in a car? There is no increase to health risks by living near a nuclear reactor. Try living next to a coal plant and see how you feel. And again - nuclear power only gets safer the more we put into research - look up pebble-bed reactors. The US already has twice as many reactors as France. US has 104 reactors, France has 59. Japan has 55. Solar power is great for single buildings in sunny places - but it won't power the country either. And neither will wind or tidal power. Corn Ethanol is a joke and an economic disaster. Cellusoic ethanol is better, but still can't be made in quantities to power the nation. Nuclear power, more efficient than coal/oil, will last til the sun burns out, cleaner than coal/oil, and as safe as we're gonna get for that kind of output. Until we figure out fusion. Nuclear power has caused far fewer health problems than coal has. It’s like comparing the safety of cars to airplanes. Air travel is the safest way to travel, and cars are one of the most dangerous. Yet how many are afraid of flying as opposed to riding in a car? There is no increase to health risks by living near a nuclear reactor. Try living next to a coal plant and see how you feel. And again - nuclear power only gets safer the more we put into research - look up pebble-bed reactors.

The US already has twice as many reactors as France. US has 104 reactors, France has 59. Japan has 55. Solar power is great for single buildings in sunny places - but it won’t power the country either. And neither will wind or tidal power. Corn Ethanol is a joke and an economic disaster. Cellusoic ethanol is better, but still can’t be made in quantities to power the nation.

Nuclear power, more efficient than coal/oil, will last til the sun burns out, cleaner than coal/oil, and as safe as we’re gonna get for that kind of output. Until we figure out fusion.

]]> By: jennifer http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-838 jennifer Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:51:14 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-838 okay i guess i am one of those "irrational environmentalists", because i still don't think nuclear power is a good thing. remember, france is a MUCH smaller country than the u.s. it would take many more reactors to power the states. also, i still don't think it is safe, you will have to keep trying to win me over on that one. what is cool is that i am here in san luis obispo and the movie theatre in town runs 100% on solar energy. jennifer okay i guess i am one of those “irrational environmentalists”, because i still don’t think nuclear power is a good thing. remember, france is a MUCH smaller country than the u.s. it would take many more reactors to power the states. also, i still don’t think it is safe, you will have to keep trying to win me over on that one. what is cool is that i am here in san luis obispo and the movie theatre in town runs 100% on solar energy.

jennifer

]]> By: Martin http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-830 Martin Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:15:11 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-830 I read the Three Gorges Number was more like 400 million. Thats an estimate for the impact of an earthquake by China's own geologists. 400 million? I'll take my radioactive waste, thank you very much! I read the Three Gorges Number was more like 400 million. Thats an estimate for the impact of an earthquake by China’s own geologists.

400 million? I’ll take my radioactive waste, thank you very much!

]]> By: Rich http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-829 Rich Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:18:51 +0000 http://cephyn.com/2007/07/31/light-the-reactors/#comment-829 You know I'm on board, but until the irrational environmentalists spreading fear come to their senses, the US will be behind on nuclear power. I think that is starting to happen, but it is going to take a long time to undo the damage they inflicted on their own cause. Nuclear power is even superior to coal in the area of radioactive waste. Not only do coal plants (our main source of electricity) produce more radioactive waste, they pump it straight into the atmosphere. All the radioactive waste from a nuclear plant is contained and easily stored. You know I’m on board, but until the irrational environmentalists spreading fear come to their senses, the US will be behind on nuclear power. I think that is starting to happen, but it is going to take a long time to undo the damage they inflicted on their own cause.

Nuclear power is even superior to coal in the area of radioactive waste. Not only do coal plants (our main source of electricity) produce more radioactive waste, they pump it straight into the atmosphere. All the radioactive waste from a nuclear plant is contained and easily stored.

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