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Environment & Energy

XemaSab

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33. What forms of renewable energy do you have at your house?

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Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:59 AM

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The 30-year itch America�s nuclear industry struggles to get off the floor [View all] kristopher Apr 2012 OP

obsolete technology. end our obsession with war and go alternative energy big time nt msongs Apr 2012 #1

As usual, public opinion lags the science longship Apr 2012 #2

Why do you think we need nuclear power... kristopher Apr 2012 #3

Several reasons longship Apr 2012 #4

So you believe in "The Baseload Myth"? kristopher Apr 2012 #6

Okay! How do you store energy? longship Apr 2012 #9

You say "this is basic science"? kristopher Apr 2012 #10

Jesus Christ! You still don't understand real time demand! longship Apr 2012 #13

I understand real time demand extremely well. kristopher Apr 2012 #15

You don't understand the main issue here longship Apr 2012 #18

I told you the answer - it is the same answer we use now, a grid. kristopher Apr 2012 #20

Where is the fucking storage in this fucking grid? longship Apr 2012 #21

I asked where you are getting your information kristopher Apr 2012 #22

Okay, let's assume that longship Apr 2012 #25

You clearly do not "hate nuclear power" kristopher Apr 2012 #26

What forms of renewable energy do you have at your house? XemaSab Apr 2012 #33

I agree that we will need nuclear power johnd83 Apr 2012 #5

Agreed. Nuke power tech is antiquated. longship Apr 2012 #7

They have been researched. kristopher Apr 2012 #8

Agreed in practice, but not in principle longship Apr 2012 #11

Thorium has a host of its own problems kristopher Apr 2012 #12

That is precisely why we need To fund research longship Apr 2012 #16

Solar and wind do not have to do it alone kristopher Apr 2012 #19

Propaganda? longship Apr 2012 #23

You aren't quoting science, you are quoting propaganda. kristopher Apr 2012 #24

You obviously do not want to have a meaningful discussion longship Apr 2012 #27

You aren't engaging in a discussion. kristopher Apr 2012 #28

These are my view of the facts. Tell me where I am mistaken. longship Apr 2012 #29

I've already answered that... kristopher Apr 2012 #30

Blah, blah, blah, blah longship Apr 2012 #31

The current grid operates almost entirely on stored energy... kristopher Apr 2012 #32

The fucking grid does not store power longship Apr 2012 #34

And yet you DO RECOMMEND AND ENDORSE NUCLEAR kristopher Apr 2012 #35

That's enough longship Apr 2012 #36

That's a lot easier than actually addressing the information... kristopher Apr 2012 #37

Voyager is not really a good example johnd83 Apr 2012 #14

the real problem is the enormous cost... of nuclear energy kristopher Apr 2012 #17