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There's solar, wind, fusion, fission, plant oil biofuels, biomass burning, hydroelectricity, tide & wave power, and more. There is much talk of fuels alternative to the old fossil fuels, which do you think are superior?
russ_watters said:Fission.
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cyrusabdollahi said:Gasoline and dirty coal.
Doesn't France get 80% of it's electricity from nuclear and export more of it?Ivan Seeking said:Never going to happen to a significant degree.
What did you say again when we had the following conversation?:Ivan Seeking said:Fission: Terrorism
Mk said:We should eventually convert to nuclear as the main energy source in the United States.
Ivan Seeking said:The terrorists would love that
Mk said:Oh, I suppose then that we should stop building skyscrapers too because they're such a good target.
moe darklight said:now bio-weapons... those scare the **** out of me.
Mk said:Have they ever been used?
Well, I wasn't being offensive, I was just asking if they were really.moe darklight said:yea, I know... but it's the silence of a bio-weapon that scares me. A virus can spread fast, not show any symptoms for weeks, and be next to impossible to trace to know who the attacker was.
Mk said:Doesn't France get 80% of it's electricity from nuclear and export more of it?
What did you say again when we had the following conversation?:
Mk said:Doesn't France get 80% of it's electricity from nuclear and export more of it?
70-something.Ivan Seeking said:What percent of their total energy usage comes from nuclear, including petro energy?
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A lot of times people that are struggling to live don't have time to be nice to the environment, that's just how it goes.cyrusabdollahi said:The countries that need alternative fuel are mostly 3rd world countries because they are big polluters.
What do you think about pebble-bed?Look at China, big time polluters. Would I want them using nuclear power?
moe darklight said:yea, I know... but it's the silence of a bio-weapon that scares me. A virus can spread fast, not show any symptoms for weeks, and be next to impossible to trace to know who the attacker was.
Mk said:A lot of times people that are struggling to live don't have time to be nice to the environment, that's just how it goes.
What do you think about pebble-bed?
Nuclear power in a country like the US is not a proliferation issue - we already have nuclear weapons.mheslep said:Fission for everyone? You rightfully deleted the thread from the meltdown crank last week, but what about proliferation?
The public is starting to wise-up to the fact that they were swindled by radical environmentalists into believing the anti-nuclear lies. Pro-nuke noise is starting to be made and I would be awfully surprised if it didn't make a big comeback in the next 20 years.Ivan Seeking said:Fission: Terrorism; proliferation of nuclear materials; too much regulation needed to build the plants in time; the public and will never allow it
Pebble bed is a technology where the fuel is contained in softball-sized balls in an energy density so low that it isn't possible for a runaway reaction and meltdown to occur.cyrusabdollahi said:I don't know what a pebble-bed is.
trajan22 said:A mixture of different energy sources would be the best solution. So as not to rely on only one thing.