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NNadir

(37,633 posts)
27. What a surprise...
Wed May 22, 2013, 05:27 PM
May 2013

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You know, whenever I see this kind of rote recitation the same bull that went on for 50 years, leading all humanity into the abyss, I'm inclined to wonder what the person doing the recitation is smoking.

Then I think to myself, you know, whatever it is, it must be very dangerous - maybe not as dangerous as the mercury laced coal waste these people like to spread around via denial - and certainly very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very bad for brain cells.

At this point, at 400 ppm, with the rate of decline of the planetary atmosphere reaching unprecedented levels, especially after the uneducated anti-nukes got so much mileage out of claiming that everyone in Japan, China, Indonesia, Western Peru, California, died from Fukushima, it's a moot point, since there is nothing that can be done.

I certainly doubt that there will be history, since fear and ignorance may have foreclosed a future in which history can be contemplated, but if there is one, history will judge the stupid, the paranoid, and the ignorant for the role they played.

As a correspondent wrote on another website before I gave up and let the likes of the mindless anti-nukes bring on what they deserve - even if they dragged all of humanity, and all species with them:

The shit for brains community has won the day.

Congratulations.

You must be very, very, very, veryl, very, very, very, very proud.

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There are so many things about this that are bad. Gregorian May 2013 #1
Naturally there are losses… the question is whether they are acceptable or not OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #3
It's like hydro but with huge thermal losses. It might be good for special situations. Gregorian May 2013 #5
CAES figured prominently in Scientific American’s “Solar Grand Plan” in 2008 OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #6
No prob if it's solar. That's a whole different ballgame. I assumed worst case- fossil. Gregorian May 2013 #8
I was taught that everything was solar energy (at one time) OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #12
Hmmmm ... BlueStreak May 2013 #2
Your assessment of the availability of suitable locations isn't accurate kristopher May 2013 #10
And can they hold 100 PSI of pressure, for example? BlueStreak May 2013 #11
Well, if you don't believe it then all those academics and researchers must be wrong. kristopher May 2013 #13
We'll see how this works out. BlueStreak May 2013 #14
And by “working out” you mean… OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #15
That's interesting. Do you care to explain why BlueStreak May 2013 #17
By all means! Be skeptical! OKIsItJustMe May 2013 #18
There are more than two photovotaic installations in operation in the world BlueStreak May 2013 #19
"The fact that it has been around so long and never really established ..." kristopher May 2013 #20
Thanks for your financial advice BlueStreak May 2013 #21
"f I understand the facts correctly" kristopher May 2013 #22
I am in the presence of greatness. Sorry that it wasn't as obvious to me as it should have been. BlueStreak May 2013 #24
You're the one out of line. kristopher May 2013 #25
You don't know what you're talking about. kristopher May 2013 #16
Worth trying. silverweb May 2013 #4
Theoretical this, theoretical that... wtmusic May 2013 #7
Poor little nuclear loving wtmusic... kristopher May 2013 #9
Denholm was writing "studies" about this years ago. Lovins was handing out this bull in the 1970's NNadir May 2013 #23
Poor Nnads... kristopher May 2013 #26
What a surprise... NNadir May 2013 #27
The larger problem has been dipshits pretending that a few nuclear plants will do anything... kristopher May 2013 #28
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