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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Watts Barr 2 achieved criticality in 2016!
    And isn't it true that project started in the 70s and uses 1970s technology? Scaling up nuclear isn't going to be practical if we have decades between starting a new project and actually getting any energy out of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    That's more to do with the irrationality of Americans, risk analysis is just not something that many are capable of understanding.
    I don't disagree. But moving the mindset of over 300 million people isn't an easy task, which suggests we might make better strides towards a sustainable carbon economy by focusing somewhere other than nuclear.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    It was bullshit then and even more so now. You're such a stupid cunt that you can't see that this is a perfect example of Septic irrationality. If you're so worried about radiation then don't eat bananas or Brazil nuts!!

    https://oceana.org/blog/worried-abou...dioactive-fish
    Stupid fuck it is the fish in Japan that are dangerous.
    It is the responsibility of every American citizen to own a modern military rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    Not putting up with this anymore, banned from now on.
    The truth sucks huh Tom.
    It is the responsibility of every American citizen to own a modern military rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oneuli View Post
    I don't disagree. But moving the mindset of over 300 million people isn't an easy task, which suggests we might make better strides towards a sustainable carbon economy by focusing somewhere other than nuclear.
    Actually it only takes one Senator to block anything.
    Tom is full of crap.
    Wiki Harry Reid.
    It is the responsibility of every American citizen to own a modern military rifle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oneuli View Post
    I don't disagree. But moving the mindset of over 300 million people isn't an easy task, which suggests we might make better strides towards a sustainable carbon economy by focusing somewhere other than nuclear.
    You wait and see what happens when much of the US nuclear capacity is shut down. If you don't know then look at Germany when they tried to shut down nuclear and ended up building loads of lignite fuelled power stations instead.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    Actually it only takes one Senator to block anything.
    Tom is full of crap.
    Wiki Harry Reid.
    Isn't he dead yet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rune View Post
    The truth sucks huh Tom.
    I am not aware that you've ever spoken the truth, to be honest.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Havana Moon View Post
    You wait and see what happens when much of the US nuclear capacity is shut down. If you don't know then look at Germany when they tried to shut down nuclear and ended up building loads of lignite fuelled power stations instead.
    I hope we don't shut down existing nuclear capacity. I'm just being realistic about the political viability of greatly expanding nuclear capacity. People who wouldn't bat an eye at a big new solar farm being installed somewhere near their homes will absolutely lose their minds over a new nuclear plant being built.

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    " People who wouldn't bat an eye at a big new solar farm being installed somewhere near their homes will absolutely lose their minds over a new nuclear plant being built. " O #69
    It used to be:
    NIMBY: not in my back yard. But now it's

    BANANA: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything

    I suspect decentralization may play a significant role in domestic power decades in our future.
    "It should be obvious to anyone why conservatives and libertarians should be against Trump. He has no grounding in belief. No core philosophy. No morals. No loyalty. No curiosity. No empathy and no understanding. He demands personal loyalty and not loyalty to the nation. His only core belief is in his own superiority to everyone else. His only want is exercise more and more personal power." smb / purveyor of fact 18/03/18

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oneuli View Post
    I hope we don't shut down existing nuclear capacity. I'm just being realistic about the political viability of greatly expanding nuclear capacity. People who wouldn't bat an eye at a big new solar farm being installed somewhere near their homes will absolutely lose their minds over a new nuclear plant being built.
    Too late, it is already happening. There is only one nuclear plant left in California in Diablo Canyon.

    https://www.power-eng.com/articles/s...r-closing.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    Good lord; you can't be this stupid. Germany's energy nedds aren't being met by clean energy. They try to get rid of it when energy demands go down because there is no way to STORE the energy being created by these so-called "green" plants. It isn't because they produce too much. Dolt.
    It's still a developing energy source. Nobody is saying Germany can be powered 100% by renewable energies right now. But, it is a fact that Germany is able to utilize more and more renewable energy each year. Germany's green power has grown by a third in just the last three years. 9.5 times more than just last year, which is a record. They produced enough renewable energy (104 billion kWh to be exact) in the first 6 months of this year to power Germany's homes for a whole year.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...-a8427356.html

    California is also blowing right through renewable energy records.

    http://www.energy.ca.gov/almanac/ele...tem_power.html

    Nuclear power is mostly stagnant. Not much of any progress at all is being made in the technology or application.

    I might also add that solar energy is an easily decentralized energy source so many people could get solar panels just for personal use and save on their energy bill. It doesn't have to be a whole big country-wide thing like other energy sources. Because country-wide application is where we are coming up short currently.

    Most of Germany's energy needs are met by importing it, coal which is the largest source and nuclear.

    Same with California you idiot. The notion that wind and solar can provide the hundreds of thousands of megawatts necessary to power Germany and California are laughably stupid.
    At the current rate of progress, they are predicting the ability to use 65% renewable energies by 2030. I'm inclined to believe that because they are currently on track to meet their 2020 target. Like I said, it's a developing technology. But if it's blowing through records annually and they are meeting their targets, there's no legitimate reason to believe we couldn't power Germany almost entirely on renewable energies in the near future.
    “I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.” - Henry David Thoreau


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    Quote Originally Posted by TrippyHippy View Post
    It's still a developing energy source. Nobody is saying Germany can be powered 100% by renewable energies right now. But, it is a fact that Germany is able to utilize more and more renewable energy each year. Germany's green power has grown by a third in just the last three years. 9.5 times more than just last year, which is a record. They produced enough renewable energy (104 billion kWh to be exact) in the first 6 months of this year to power Germany's homes for a whole year.

    https://www.independent.co.uk/enviro...-a8427356.html

    California is also blowing right through renewable energy records.

    http://www.energy.ca.gov/almanac/ele...tem_power.html

    Nuclear power is mostly stagnant. Not much of any progress at all is being made in the technology or application.

    I might also add that solar energy is an easily decentralized energy source so many people could get solar panels just for personal use and save on their energy bill. It doesn't have to be a whole big country-wide thing like other energy sources. Because country-wide application is where we are coming up short currently.



    At the current rate of progress, they are predicting the ability to use 65% renewable energies by 2030. I'm inclined to believe that because they are currently on track to meet their 2020 target. Like I said, it's a developing technology. But if it's blowing through records annually and they are meeting their targets, there's no legitimate reason to believe we couldn't power Germany almost entirely on renewable energies in the near future.
    As of the end of 2015, renewable energy sources, such as biomass, biogas, biofuels, hydro, wind and solar, accounted for 12.4% of the country's primary energy consumption.

    They will NEVER be able to support their economy with renewable's. You can take that to the bank snowflake.
    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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    Unless you just can't stand the idea of "ni**ers" teaching white kids.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Truth Detector View Post
    As of the end of 2015, renewable energy sources, such as biomass, biogas, biofuels, hydro, wind and solar, accounted for 12.4% of the country's primary energy consumption.

    They will NEVER be able to support their economy with renewable's. You can take that to the bank snowflake.
    did you vote for Trump?

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    Quote Originally Posted by reagansghost View Post
    did you vote for Trump?
    No longer pretending to be an escapee from a mental institution.

    "When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny."


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    Quote Originally Posted by Nomad View Post
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