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kristopher

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24. That is pie-in-the-sky BS from the nuclear lobby.

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Reply #15)

Wed May 3, 2017, 08:25 PM

May 2017

Fundamental claims about next generation nuclear are not able to be supported when subject to close scrutiny. The same lobbying group making those claims assured us in 2003 that if their wish list of policies were enacted, the world would be building 100 new nuclear plants a year by 2020. Well, they got everything they wanted (and more) in the 2005 energy bill and nuclear is crumbling as a viable energy option.

We KNOW renewables work.

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Solar cell design with over 50% energy-conversion efficiency [View all] OKIsItJustMe Apr 2017 OP

Gallium arsenide based. There isn't enough gallium on the entire planet to make this useless... NNadir Apr 2017 #1

And he's back ccarrick Apr 2017 #2

Um...you know what? NNadir May 2017 #3

Well, you would definitely be the inside expert on liars. kristopher May 2017 #4

Pot and kettle ccarrick May 2017 #5

Meanwhile, even as solar and wind are inexorably declining in price kristopher May 2017 #6

The reality-based community ccarrick May 2017 #7

I'm no great fan of nuclear power but... OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #8

No blank check for outdated nukes ccarrick May 2017 #9

Well, the offshore wind projects are starting OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #10

As they build more renewables, then what obsolete generation will be turned off? kristopher May 2017 #11

I'm sorry? OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #12

How do you suggest we impose that order on a dynamic economic entity? kristopher May 2017 #13

What effect will the... NeoGreen May 2017 #14

Methane is another carbon emission and greenhouse gas, so, yes, it counts OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #15

That is pie-in-the-sky BS from the nuclear lobby. kristopher May 2017 #24

Hansen's proposed carbon fee would be a good start OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #16

In case you missed the headline - a carbon tax can't be passed kristopher May 2017 #17

Sophie Sez #1: You loaded 16 tons, what do you get? OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #18

I don't click thru on videos kristopher May 2017 #21

Too bad... so sad... OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #22

So you still can't actually engage on a point when it goes against your beliefs? kristopher May 2017 #23

Sophie Sez #2: "Obama Missed a Golden Opportunity but We Can Still Win!" OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #19

But it hasn't passed, has it? kristopher May 2017 #25

Sophie Sez #3: "$1000 for You A Better World for Your Children" OKIsItJustMe May 2017 #20