Re: Ya gotta be yidding me!

ayatollah obama <osama.obabma.by.anyname@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> Rod Speed <rod.speed....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> JR Weiss <jrweiss98155rem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>>> Eat the rich <goofin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote

>>>>>>>> The question is where is all that electric power going to come
from?

>>>>>>> Nukes.

>>>>>> Nukes aren't very cost effective.

>>>>> They do however completely fix the problem of CO2
>>>>> production and global warming that results from that.

>>>>>> They are heavily subsidized by the government.

>>>>> So is the electricity distribution system.

>>>> Yeah, they do. There is the issue of nuclear waste but I think
>>>> that we have the technology to deal with that.

>>> We have the technology, but not the political will.

>> You will once the CO2 problem gets im****tant enough.

>>> Biggest example is the [planned] Yucca Mountain waste repository. I
>>> was working in the nuclear industry back in the mid 80s, and it was
>>> due to be ready to start accepting waste 'in about 7-10 years.' It
>>> still hasn't opened, mainly due to the absurd politics -- mainly
>>> NIMBY issues that are also raised by non-locals -- that go along
>>> with anything nuclear. I wouldn't count on any new fission
>>> powerplants in the US until it's WAY too late...

>> Bet you're wrong on that. And it isnt the US that matters anyway.

>>> OTOH, there have been some recent advances in controlled fusion.
>>> They are still on the micro-scale, but show promise for scaling up
>>> to the size needed for reasonable sized powerplants.

>> Nothing like as viable right now as fission.

>>> Also, FWIW, government subsidies are virtually the ONLY thing keeping
>>> solar, wind, and hydrogen power research alive, not to mention
biofuels
>>> which are turning into a major economic debacle right now...

>> They can be viable for those not on the power grid without subsidys.

> You stupid jackass mother****er. If you had any brains... some illegal
> meXican place would be selling you as barbaquoa n saturday mornings.

> what is your game? you come in here and rip anyone
> and everyone and yet provide to alternatives?????

> Go **** the camel you rode in on!

Wota stunningly rational line of argument you have there, child.