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c-rational

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52. Well stated and thank you for all your posts. Our time is quickly running out and near term

Tue Oct 22, 2019, 02:35 PM

Oct 2019

decisions need to be made and acted upon if we are to avoid the tipping point of climate change. We have dithered too long.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Andrew Yang Wants Thorium Nuclear Power. Here's What That Means. [View all] Rhiannon12866 Sep 2019 OP

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!! Crazyleftie Sep 2019 #1

If you read the article, it explains how this is different from what we're used to Rhiannon12866 Sep 2019 #2

It still comes down to economics Miguelito Loveless Sep 2019 #27

Sorry, completely disagree, ultra advanced fission and hopefully soon fusion Celerity Sep 2019 #5

Holy crap that's Interesting. ismnotwasm Sep 2019 #10

Basically nothing does in terms of er/ei lonely bird Sep 2019 #16

it is superior to all current renewable forms atm in terms of EROEI though Celerity Sep 2019 #18

The key word that you used is "current". Blue_true Sep 2019 #21

50 billion is a drop in the bucket, I have zero problems with that Celerity Sep 2019 #34

Why not spend the money making current nukes safer and figuring out a better Blue_true Sep 2019 #36

Do it all. Any and all options should be researched. Celerity Sep 2019 #38

Exactly. redqueen Oct 2019 #56

Fusion is still decades away Miguelito Loveless Sep 2019 #28

Art Robinson is also a scientist. ZZenith Sep 2019 #29

a profound non sequitur nt Celerity Sep 2019 #35

Au contraire. ZZenith Sep 2019 #39

Wrong. And I simply suggested listening to and reading the postings of an actual scientist. Celerity Sep 2019 #41

I didn't mean to suggest that all scientists are crackpots, for I know that to not be true. ZZenith Sep 2019 #42

I am NOT fixated on thorium as the only or even the most viable solution. nt Celerity Sep 2019 #43

"Advanced fission" is aother false panacea that the gullible masses will accept Crazyleftie Oct 2019 #57

Non sequitur Celerity Oct 2019 #58

We still had tube radios in the 50s and computers filled rooms Algernon Moncrieff Oct 2019 #54

Yang's proposal is reasonable. TexasTowelie Sep 2019 #3

I watched a PBS program on thorium reactors and the important. Takeaway was mitch96 Sep 2019 #4

People's perceptions change as more is known. Blue_true Sep 2019 #22

Safe is the best. And I believe renewables are the way to go mitch96 Sep 2019 #24

Yes, no one can see the future. If we could, what would life be? Blue_true Sep 2019 #25

"I think politics will loom large with energy generation" mitch96 Sep 2019 #31

Why not give it a try? oasis Sep 2019 #6

Exactly crazytown Oct 2019 #60

This would be a boon for India True Dough Sep 2019 #7

I read about that years ago Hav Sep 2019 #8

Worth considering. Solar/renewables can't do it alone Vogon_Glory Sep 2019 #9

The thorium/U-233 cycle is OK, but is not as sustainable as the uranium/plutonium cycle. NNadir Sep 2019 #11

+100000000 Celerity Sep 2019 #13

I totally disagree with you on clean energy, but I will get back to that. Blue_true Sep 2019 #26

Money spent to make nuclear reactors "safer" would be a tremendous waste of money. NNadir Sep 2019 #30

I guess "moonshot" is relative. I have a considerable amount of expertise in the technologies that Blue_true Sep 2019 #40

I provided a link to a reference for the two trillion dollar figure, put out the UNEP Frankfurt... NNadir Sep 2019 #44

... SidDithers Sep 2019 #45

You mixed "investment" up with expenditures. Blue_true Sep 2019 #46

Hear hear! defacto7 Sep 2019 #32

My First Thought Is: What Happens If Terrorists Attack A Thorium Plant? DrFunkenstein Sep 2019 #12

Oh please... NNadir Sep 2019 #14

These concerns are representative of very, very, very, very bad thinking. NNadir Sep 2019 #15

Well stated and thank you for all your posts. Our time is quickly running out and near term c-rational Oct 2019 #52

We like our CANDU reactors here in Ontario... SidDithers Sep 2019 #17

As you should! Devil Child Sep 2019 #20

Sensible policy. Too much irrational fear surrounding nuclear power. Devil Child Sep 2019 #19

You are all lemmings hoping for a magical panacea Crazyleftie Sep 2019 #23

It seems much of the main argument comes from a statement defacto7 Sep 2019 #33

Do some research please. Crazyleftie Oct 2019 #47

That's exactly the kind of answer I've come to expect defacto7 Oct 2019 #48

fyi Crazyleftie Oct 2019 #49

fyi Crazyleftie Oct 2019 #50

Backers overstate benefits struggle4progress Sep 2019 #37

Proponents of nuclear power don't account for the nuclear waste from PRODUCING nuclear fuel. DetlefK Oct 2019 #51

Earth needs at least 880 plants; it's currently got 400+ and has NO chance of beating the ancianita Oct 2019 #53

This is the kind of rational leadership we need. redqueen Oct 2019 #55

Excellent! Sherman A1 Oct 2019 #59