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A HERETIC I AM

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26. I'm still not clear about....
Mon Jul 22, 2024, 01:53 PM
Jul 2024

Whether or not your father was an engineer.

Can you restate that a couple dozen more times, please?

Just want to make sure everyone gets it.

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My engineer father taught me that nuclear power isn't green GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #1
The waste in hydrogen fusion is helium. nt Gore1FL Jul 2024 #2
My engineer father taught me GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #3
When you BURN hydrogen (chemically), yes, the waste is water. 2H2 + O2 ---- 2H2O + heat (eg Hindenburg) The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2024 #6
Are you an engineer? GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #10
*Sigh* Congratulations for your father. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2024 #13
No sorry but GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #14
Bullshit A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #24
Your disrespect for engineering expertise that GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #34
LMAO! Are you and your engineer father the same person? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #37
There you go again with your disrespect for my father's engineering expertise GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #43
Want to know what is really amusing? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #50
Again, your disrespect for my father's engineering expertise is offensive GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #54
You just go right ahead and keep beating that dead horse, OK? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #56
I don't think they are disrespecting you. But this is new work. AllyCat Jul 2024 #78
Not all engieering is interchangable Blue Full Moon Jul 2024 #87
Come on, be nice please. AllyCat Jul 2024 #77
I never SAID I knew more than your father. The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2024 #31
Out of curiosity... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #15
Yes je was GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #16
So.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #20
My engineer father's engineering resume and engineering expertise speaks for itself GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #27
My natural engineering mind tells me.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #29
I highly recommend YOU leave it to engineers specializing in nuclear energy and fusion Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #30
But you are not an engineer, right? Yet you think your filtering of daddy's non-expert opinion is engineering wisdom Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #41
To clarify Metaphorical Jul 2024 #81
Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are not the same things Sympthsical Jul 2024 #40
Are you from engineer loins too? Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2024 #84
No, spleen mitosis Sympthsical Jul 2024 #85
The Other Poster Is Accurate ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #45
Nuclear industry covering up the waste dangers GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #52
Fusion Does Not ProfessorGAC Jul 2024 #68
Hindenburg... orthoclad Jul 2024 #71
I'd much rather have the helium, Disaffected Jul 2024 #9
Water is the least harmful. GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #25
Rather than yourself, repeating your interpretation of an inexpert opinion outside of your father's field. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #32
I'm going by what my engineer father taught me about nuclear power GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #36
You're misunderstanding your father's explanation Sympthsical Jul 2024 #42
You're wrong again GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #48
My father was a dock worker Sympthsical Jul 2024 #59
So. 1) You're a perfect student, 2) You're a nuclear engineer, 3) You're a nuclear physicist, or Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #44
Why are you assuming that I am not an engineer? Disaffected Jul 2024 #58
This lab is in Dane County. They are definitely engineers and scientists. AllyCat Jul 2024 #79
Hydrogen for combusting comes from fossil fuels and is very greenhouse gas heavy dem_4_lyfe Jul 2024 #21
Not all of it, and decreasing as time goes forward. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #46
Just to clarify asm128 Jul 2024 #60
Most H2 is fossil fuel derived now, but will be less in the future as green electricity is used to electrolyze H2O Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #62
Gotcha asm128 Jul 2024 #66
My father was a Tickle Jul 2024 #22
BTW, I love your forum name! GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #5
Unfortunately it also produces neutrons Diraven Jul 2024 #82
Nuclear waste is far less of a threat that green house gases dem_4_lyfe Jul 2024 #7
Please tell that to the people in Chernobyl and Fukushima. GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #11
How many people died in those two crises? arissa Jul 2024 #17
Thousands have died from Chernobyl GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #23
I'm still not clear about.... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #26
I've stated it numerous times GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #28
Post removed Post removed Jul 2024 #33
You continue to show your disrespect GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #35
So? A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #39
Tell us again how automotive expertise makes your father better than nuclear engineers and physicists. . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #47
My father had aviation and automotive engineering work experience GoreWon2000 Jul 2024 #49
The name "Bernardo de La Paz" is Portuguese for... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #55
This message was self-deleted by its author Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #89
Read again. You are fantasizing what you want to see. I have written nothing in this thread about nuclear power Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #64
Local accident vs. Global disaster dem_4_lyfe Jul 2024 #19
Actually land around chernobyl can be farmed Blue Full Moon Jul 2024 #88
It has much much less waste than nuclear fission. EdmondDantes Jul 2024 #18
Awesome republianmushroom Jul 2024 #4
Not a very big step. Disaffected Jul 2024 #8
Actually they have achieved producing more energy than consumed arissa Jul 2024 #12
Oh, now you've got me going... :) Disaffected Jul 2024 #63
Still 10 years away? edhopper Jul 2024 #38
It sounds like a good advancement to me sarisataka Jul 2024 #51
... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #53
Stop. Please be nice. AllyCat Jul 2024 #80
The equipment used in this process will be needed to be replaced often as to the nature Tikki Jul 2024 #57
Hence the efforts into "aneutronic" fusion. Disaffected Jul 2024 #67
Yup, and take a look at ITER. Disaffected Jul 2024 #83
Y'know, as cranky as I've been the 24 or so hours Bettie Jul 2024 #61
The thing is that for decades, one after another hot potential fusion experiment MineralMan Jul 2024 #65
Sadly true. Disaffected Jul 2024 #69
No, they don't know what they're investing in. MineralMan Jul 2024 #70
Reminds me a little of the dot com craze... Disaffected Jul 2024 #72
Well, people did take advantage of that. MineralMan Jul 2024 #74
But the internet was real. MineralMan Jul 2024 #75
Wait, wait! Did you mis-post? Shouldn't this be about Kamala Harris???? nt LAS14 Jul 2024 #73
I pass by this lab several times a week. It is amazing this is happening so close! AllyCat Jul 2024 #76
Been worked on for a long time. Blue Full Moon Jul 2024 #86
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