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NYC_SKP

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7. Sure they did. Our fears have prevented and continue to prevent all manner of progress.

Reply to kristopher (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 21, 2013, 12:16 PM

Aug 2013

Thankfully, people like Elon Musk have the vision (and the war chest) to push on.

Fears run the world.

And here I thought you'd like the part I wrote about storage and the end of thermal plants, fossil and nukes.

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Nuclear Energy Development and Slowing Climate Change [View all] wtmusic Aug 2013 OP

There were, are, and will be deaths from Fukishima. PDJane Aug 2013 #1

18,000 humans were killed by coal today. phantom power Aug 2013 #2

And this makes the birth defects from nuclear, as opposed to renewable resources, OK? PDJane Aug 2013 #4

Do you have peer-reviewed evidence of birth defects from nuclear power? wtmusic Aug 2013 #6

Radiation-induced cancer takes years to appear. wtmusic Aug 2013 #8

Actually, depending on where and how the exposure occurred, the cancers can appear within months, PDJane Aug 2013 #10

There is nothing here, Jane. wtmusic Aug 2013 #15

Actually, we do. But it's ok, denial is a fine place for you. PDJane Aug 2013 #16

All controversy aside, it's a rather sad story how our fears prevented our deployment of safer tech. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #3

"Our fears" didn't prevent anything kristopher Aug 2013 #5

Sure they did. Our fears have prevented and continue to prevent all manner of progress. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #7

The effort you made was appreciated kristopher Aug 2013 #9

Elon Musk was honest - he didn't blame "fear", he said "It's super-damn hard." bananas Aug 2013 #13

What prevented GM and Ford from pursuing hybrids and EVs? NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #14

Please don't fall for the hype and historical revisionism. bananas Aug 2013 #11

As I said in my reply, thermal plants can be and must be eliminated. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #12

It's utterly bizarre. PDJane Aug 2013 #17