Why are some people so pro nuclear power? - Page 2

**SageTree** · 03-21-2011, 11:20 AM

Lloydy I can't believe that actually just happened.... why do we have the pope on the brain?

Lloydy · 03-21-2011, 11:22 AM

farmergiles · 03-21-2011, 11:34 AM

**SageTree** · 03-21-2011, 11:34 AM

DdC · 03-21-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Lloydy

At the minute nuclear power IS the only answer to our future energy problems, current renewable technology wont be able to cope with even the present demand for energy.

In addition to being extremely dangerous, the continued greenwashing of nuclear power from industry-backed lobbyists diverts investments away from clean, renewable sources of energy. In contrast to nuclear power, renewable energy is both clean and safe. Technically accessible renewable energy sources are capable of producing six times more energy than current global demand.

They never calculate the cost of waste disposal or the biggie, leaks and meltdowns. Same old shit. Make money and to hell with the peoples health. Same puppets marching behind them, spewing nonsense about being cheap or even "good ferya". Japan's looking at $250 billion in clean up costs. Cheap? Exxon is paying one cent on every tax dollar spent of the $100 billion to clean up their crude oil mess. Where's the Teabog Ditzo's raving about taxes spent on special interests?

When you think about the fact they outlawed the one plant that can help clean up the nuke and chemical hazardous waste. It seems they are more interested in "treating" the problems that arise with expensive Pharmaceuticals, than curing or preventing problems and therefore taking away the Koch roaches profits. Welcome to the Untied States of Anemica.

Japanese Food and Tokyo Water Contaminated with Nuclear Fallout

The Japanese are reporting that produce, milk and water are showing signs of nuclear contamination from the fallout leaking from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant.

In Tokyo, the city's water supply has been showing traces of radioactive iodine-131, far too low to be a health threat at this time.

However milk and spinach coming from as far away as 75 miles from the nuke plant have shown significant contamination.

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Iodine levels in the spinach exceeded safety limits by three to seven times, a food safety official said. Tests on the milk done Wednesday detected small amounts of iodine-131 and cesium-137, the latter being a longer-lasting element that can cause more types of cancer. But only iodine was detected Thursday and Friday, a Health Ministry official said.

Apparently the radioactivity is working its way through the food chain rapidly, and has affected land and produce much farther from the site of the nuke plant than anyone expected. At this time its difficult to assess the long term consequences for Japan's agriculture community, but it appears that vast tracts of farmland may no longer be useable.

Chernobyl Radiation Killed Nearly One Million
April 26, 2010 (ENS) - Nearly one million people around the world died from exposure to radiation released by the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl reactor, finds a new book from the New York Academy of Sciences published today on the 24th anniversary of the meltdown at the Soviet facility.

No Nukes No Nukes No Nukes No Nukes No Nukes No Nukes

No Nukes - No Fossil Fools... Is that really hard to conceive?

What really gets me toking extra is the blatant Hypocrisy of the Teabog Ditzo's and their hero's like Ass Colter and oxyRush. They cage someone for growing pot and let these corporate killers off scott free. Even pay for their clean ups with tax dollars. Then get idiots to buy their books. This country needs a good recipe for mutton. Pure evil. Eat the Rich!

my_scatterheart · 03-21-2011, 11:44 AM

Capable being the key word.

zerodown · 03-21-2011, 12:11 PM

people should just hop in the geothermal bandwagon, duh!

Roach · 03-21-2011, 12:37 PM

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At the minute nuclear power IS the only answer to our future energy problems

wind and solar power are our only current solution to future energy problems.

and a few areas of the world that do have geothermal potential.

fossil fuels just aren't working out.

nuclear power hasn't evolved to the point of it's being either safe, in the long term, or efficient.

better batteries would be a nice invention.

Sugar420 · 03-21-2011, 12:41 PM

hydro power too
however im not really happy about that whole three gorges thing

Captain Cannabis · 03-21-2011, 12:48 PM

hydro power generates a significant amount of carbon dioxide via anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in plains flooded by the dams.

cantSEEme · 03-21-2011, 12:49 PM

dams that produce power unfortunately usually decimate whatever indigenous water life there may be @ that location (example: spawning sites/routes for fish). solar farms that can generate power ample for cities are the size of small cities themselves. i mean, we only got so much unsettled land. same w/ wind farms. the oceans are a relatively untapped wind source for giant turbine farms.

i dont really think there is such a thing as completely clean power. even hemp would require land to grow, and equipment to process.

Sugar420 · 03-21-2011, 01:00 PM

damns arent the only way to get power from water

on the other hand, is it really necessary to put megawatts of lighting outside every building?

if we didnt do this, maybe be a little more conservative with our electricity use... ah what am i saying?

cantSEEme · 03-21-2011, 01:05 PM

word word.

light is a pollution onto itself. the milky way used to be visible to us. used to be...

**mothernature** · 03-21-2011, 02:56 PM

What about mini hydro plants? There was alot of talk about it back in the 70's. Basically, people living on streams would create enough power to run their own homes with some left over. The initial cost was too high back then, but technology has advanced. No dams needed.

farmergiles · 03-21-2011, 03:00 PM

Houses by the stream with a wheel ftw.

SmokeaJoint · 03-21-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Flamingnun

Got a nuclear powered car have you?

Got no car period. I walk. 3.5 miles to school, 3.5 back.

stoneric · 03-21-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by v3d4

damns arent the only way to get power from water

on the other hand, is it really necessary to put megawatts of lighting outside every building?

if we didnt do this, maybe be a little more conservative with our electricity use... ah what am i saying?

I remember Carter using the "c" word way back when. You'd thought he asked for your first born. We're pigs.

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zerodown Mafutero Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: PR Posts: 782 Thanks: 41 Thanked 169 Times in 131 Posts	people should just hop in the geothermal bandwagon, duh! __________________ "I've seen people so poor all they got is money." We have to learn to unlearn Its not contradiction, its amendment Not everything we see is reality Not everything we hear is the truth Not everything we're taught helps us grow ~Cultura Profetica "La locura se lleva en la cabeza y las drogas en los bolsillos" ~Roberto Iniesta

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Sugar420 Freedom Bird Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,138 Thanks: 41 Thanked 183 Times in 733 Posts	hydro power too however im not really happy about that whole three gorges thing

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Captain Cannabis safety word: more Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: m.i.a. Posts: 13,922 Thanks: 2,705 Thanked 3,174 Times in 1,812 Posts	hydro power generates a significant amount of carbon dioxide via anaerobic decomposition of organic matter in plains flooded by the dams. __________________ fuck the monkeys

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,019 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	dams that produce power unfortunately usually decimate whatever indigenous water life there may be @ that location (example: spawning sites/routes for fish). solar farms that can generate power ample for cities are the size of small cities themselves. i mean, we only got so much unsettled land. same w/ wind farms. the oceans are a relatively untapped wind source for giant turbine farms. i dont really think there is such a thing as completely clean power. even hemp would require land to grow, and equipment to process. __________________

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Sugar420 Freedom Bird Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 6,138 Thanks: 41 Thanked 183 Times in 733 Posts	damns arent the only way to get power from water on the other hand, is it really necessary to put megawatts of lighting outside every building? if we didnt do this, maybe be a little more conservative with our electricity use... ah what am i saying?

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cantSEEme Cold School Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 3,019 Thanks: 152 Thanked 127 Times in 457 Posts	word word. light is a pollution onto itself. the milky way used to be visible to us. used to be... __________________

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mothernature ancientbongmaster Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,232 Thanks: 1,201 Thanked 809 Times in 487 Posts	What about mini hydro plants? There was alot of talk about it back in the 70's. Basically, people living on streams would create enough power to run their own homes with some left over. The initial cost was too high back then, but technology has advanced. No dams needed.

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farmergiles Yahookan Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Sick of the hatred and the lies Posts: 7,807 Thanks: 2,285 Thanked 3,750 Times in 2,554 Posts	Houses by the stream with a wheel ftw. __________________ Cultivate a stoic calmness *Fuck the Monkeys* Every Kind of Vice

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