Nuclear electricity separator - for those really picky customers

[misgfool]

I just read that back in the 80's our brilliant engineers developed a nuclear electricity separator, which returns all electricity generated by nuclear power back to the grid, so that even anti-nuclear homeowners could use electricity. Would you buy one?

 

[Proton Soup]

infinite series resistances installed on the service of anti-nuclear homeowners is the way to go. yes, i would buy them one. let's make this a national subsidized project.

 

[misgfool]

let's make this a national subsidized project.

Indeed, but should we prioritize this higher than building bridges to nowhere?

 

[Proton Soup]

Indeed, but should we prioritize this higher than building bridges to nowhere?

i can install these wireless interfaces for a nominal fee. in fact, the program will pay for itself in the first year.

 

[signerror]

I just read that back in the 80's our brilliant engineers developed a nuclear electricity separator, which returns all electricity generated by nuclear power back to the grid, so that even anti-nuclear homeowners could use electricity. Would you buy one?

Hell no. Nuclear power is absolutely the best energy source to date, bar none. Everything else is either heavily CO2-emitting (coal, natural gas, oil) or has extravagant resource or land use requirements (hydropower, biomass, solar, wind, wave, tidal). But nuclear is at the intersection of - clean, compact, cheap. It is optimal.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

We can see how the idea really took off.

The real question is: Did anyone actually buy one?

This thread strikes me as a thinly veiled attempt to discredit the anti-nuclear-power crowd by implication without even offering evidence for the implication - a Foxism.

 

[russ_watters]

I'm not sure if this thread was intended to be serious or not...

 

[lisab]

I really hate wind...it just sort of scares me. Could I get a device to filter out wind-generated energy?

 

[Proton Soup]

this message is printed on 100% recycled electrons.

 

[TheStatutoryApe]

I really hate wind...it just sort of scares me. Could I get a device to filter out wind-generated energy?

Or maybe Disney energy? I hear it comes from the exploitation of animated animals, the poor cute little things.

 

[Danger]

should we prioritize this higher than building bridges to nowhere?

It depends. Do a bunch of minor idiots outweigh one world-class idiot?

 

[misgfool]

This thread strikes me as a thinly veiled attempt to discredit the anti-nuclear-power crowd by implication without even offering evidence for the implication - a Foxism.

I'm not sure if this thread was intended to be serious or not...

Actually you are both right simultaneously. This article appeared in a respected university Mayday magazine in the 80's. The release appears once on every odd year and has so far appeared in the form a magazine, egg, milk can, tuna can etc. It typically has a fairly high humor value.

 

[misgfool]

I really hate wind...it just sort of scares me. Could I get a device to filter out wind-generated energy?

I thought once that ground level wind energy was the most ludicrous idea, but then I heard of carbon capture.

 

[WhoWee]

My 10 year old produces "wind" with gale force...that can burn too.

 

[Borek]

I really hate wind...it just sort of scares me. Could I get a device to filter out wind-generated energy?

Sure. If you pay for me flying there and back again I am going to install you one for free

 

[Borek]

My 10 year old produces "wind" with gale force...that can burn too.

Speaking of which... we ate cooked sauerkraut for dinner tonight.

 

[signerror]

I thought once that ground level wind energy was the most ludicrous idea, but then I heard of carbon capture.

If that's the stupidest idea you've heard about, you are one lucky bastard. http://www.tuvie.com/environmentally-friendly-solar-shades-canopies

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4224574.html

Grad student invents gravity lamp

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1383/

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/coffee-grounds-could-power-your-car.php

http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-friendly-turbines-generate-power-from-a-flushing-toilet/ I think the mods will ban me for this...

 

[WhoWee]

If that's the stupidest idea you've heard about, you are one lucky bastard.


http://www.tuvie.com/environmentally-friendly-solar-shades-canopies

http://www.popularmechanics.com/blogs/science_news/4224574.html

Grad student invents gravity lamp

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1383/

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/coffee-grounds-could-power-your-car.php

http://www.ecofriend.org/entry/eco-friendly-turbines-generate-power-from-a-flushing-toilet/


I think the mods will ban me for this...

I have to wonder if any of these are eligible for stimulus funding?

 

[misgfool]

If that's the stupidest idea you've heard about, you are one lucky bastard.

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I think the mods will ban me for this...

But those ideas are not considered seriously