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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
31. Yes, I do
Thu Apr 10, 2014, 08:58 AM
Apr 2014

You asked:
do you have ANY IDEA how incredibly STUPID it sounds to say "well we can develop technology we don't have to deal with the problem!"?

That is exactly what we are doing with nukes. We have developed nuke tech and are not dealing with the problems nuke radiation presents.

CO2 is natural. Nuke waste is not. We can breathe non-toxic CO2, and be fine. We can not breathe nuke waste and be fine.

One aspect of the CO2 problem is that we have cut down our forests and we continue to drive wasteful, polluting automobiles. We tear at the earth changing the ecology. We add heat to the atmosphere constantly. We fly airplanes in the sky dumping huge amounts of CO2 in place where there is nothing to absorb it. I know about CO2. I also, unlike you, know about nukes and the waste.

Nuke waste is a far larger problem. And it adds to the CO2 problem. It is not, as you suggest, an answer to the GW problem at all.

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"Three plants explode in the last 35 years"? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #1
Right RobertEarl Apr 2014 #3
Your argument is kind of like saying "the Titanic sank, therefore we shouldn't build more ships" Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #6
That is false RobertEarl Apr 2014 #8
Are you serious? daveMN Apr 2014 #9
Eh? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #11
Coal and gasoline emissions kill far more every year than nuclear. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #13
We have like 2% total of nuclear sourced energy RobertEarl Apr 2014 #15
75% of energy in France is nuclear; how many meltdowns and evacuations have they had? Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #16
There was a report from France RobertEarl Apr 2014 #17
With the result that Germany is now burning more coal. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #19
Hmmm RobertEarl Apr 2014 #20
Actually, no, it doesn't. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #21
What are your plans for the nuke waste? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #22
There are any number of things that can be done with the waste. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #23
Well, you are wrong, again RobertEarl Apr 2014 #24
"Come up with ways to decrease CO2 by capture and storage" Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #25
Yes, I do RobertEarl Apr 2014 #31
The issue lies, I believe, in human reliability and laziness. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #4
Yes. This is key Tom Rinaldo Apr 2014 #30
Nuclear power was and continues to be the safest form of mass energy production. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #2
Safest? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #5
Nuclear power has the lowest deaths/TWh of any mass energy production scheme. Gravitycollapse Apr 2014 #7
What you don't seem to care about... RobertEarl Apr 2014 #10
I guess you prefer today's Japan Union Scribe Apr 2014 #12
I feel better, yes RobertEarl Apr 2014 #14
Energy policy is way more complex than that. Conservation and load shifting are being used. Kolesar Apr 2014 #27
If the Government is serious about Global Warming what are they doing nationalize the fed Apr 2014 #18
Dangerous matter johnstyle Apr 2014 #26
There are several other melted cores that were quietly taken off line in the USA Kolesar Apr 2014 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Apr 2014 #29
Eh? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Apr 2014 #33
Three exploded RobertEarl Apr 2014 #34
This message was self-deleted by its author NuclearDem Apr 2014 #35
Good decision to delete your posts RobertEarl Apr 2014 #36
Whatever you say, Robert. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #37
You are finally learning, eh? RobertEarl Apr 2014 #38
This is hilarious. NuclearDem Apr 2014 #39
They still haven't said RobertEarl Apr 2014 #40
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