Is that like, radioactive daisies?Damn True said:France gets 80% of it's electric power from Nuclear Plants. The US gets only 20%.
That sucks.
Blast it in to space, put it into the core of the planet, choose a single tiny, tiny area of the planet to serve as a waste repository until we can dispose of it in one of the previous ways. Once we have Fusion reactors this will become a much tinier problem anyway. This is a great example of how we must invest in progressive technologies and research to achieve a better result for ourselves. Once we studied fission and got to used to handling it enough, we could take the step forward and start to plot on Fusion, which is a better product. Who knows what could come next? Potentially fusion reactors could be shrunk to very small sizes if we can apply enough energy density to contain the reactions.fluff said:Whaddya wanna do with the nucular waist?
N8 says he's got room at his place.fluff said:Whaddya wanna do with the nucular waist?
Yeah, but in the end it makes bugger all difference eh?BeerDemon said:
Looks like a ride through Gary Indiana.BeerDemon said:
The accident in Chernobyl was caused by human error.Westy said:Chernobyl was the peak of nuclear plant technology. If it failed there is no point on going any further.
I think you missed Westy's satire.Kevin said:The accident in Chernobyl was caused by human error.
It was one man alone who caused the core to melt down because he was pushing the reactors limits despite of people telling him not to. The accident could have easily been prevented if the plant haddent been saving money on safety precautions
So was it one man alone or lack of safety precautions? Be patient with me, I am not an expert in nuclear technologies like you guys are.Kevin said:The accident in Chernobyl was caused by human error.
It was one man alone who caused the core to melt down because he was pushing the reactors limits despite of people telling him not to. The accident could have easily been prevented if the plant haddent been saving money on safety precautions
Seeing as none of are experts on anything except maybe our actual professions. All posts should probably be deleted without several qualified professional references showing we are experts in the fields we comment on.BeerDemon said:So was it one man alone or lack of safety precautions? Be patient with me, I am not an expert in nuclear technologies like you guys are.
Yeah but we've got a guy named Reactor here!!!Westy said:Seeing as none of are experts on anything except maybe our actual professions. All posts should probably be deleted without several qualified professional references showing we are experts in the fields we comment on.
I guess in the end it was the lack of money for safety precautions.BeerDemon said:So was it one man alone or lack of safety precautions? Be patient with me, I am not an expert in nuclear technologies like you guys are.
Well its pretty funny when people become self appointed nuclear engineersWesty said:Seeing as none of are experts on anything except maybe our actual professions. All posts should probably be deleted without several qualified professional references showing we are experts in the fields we comment on.
I am. I know everything about everything. I thought all PD regulars did.BeerDemon said:So was it one man alone or lack of safety precautions? Be patient with me, I am not an expert in nuclear technologies like you guys are.
I kind of blew off the fusion comments.BeerDemon said:Well its pretty funny when people become self appointed nuclear engineers
Oh yeah, I forgot about that fusion thing. Changleen needs to lay off the pipe. Thats funny stuff.
You neglected to mention the frothers preferred option. Rendering the fat from 3rd world children. Probably work better though if we rendered the fat of frothers.ohio said:I'm no expert but I did work in the power industry for awhile, mostly evaluating electricity assets (of that, mostly power plants)... at the same time, I'm a (surprise) pretty rabid environmentalist.
With that in mind, I actually feel like nuclear power is probably the best available option for reducing dependence on oil. The technology has come a long way both in terms of plant operations and waste disposal. It's not perfect, but nothing is. Every other option that is even close to as clean is not viable in terms of capacity in the near term.
Hydroelectric - the cleanest cheapest power on earth. Unfortunately in involves flooding rare and beautful valleys. See the 5 gorges project in China... an ecological disaster.
Wind - huge capital investment for the capacity, requires massive amounts of space, and the offshore versions that actually have a reasonable capacity seem to interrupt bird migration. Plus the NIMBYs are a bunch of dicks.
Solar - photovoltaic is nowhere near viable as a net positive energy source. solar-thermal is, I think, but I don't know the details
Giothermal - pretty viable, but only a few spots where you can do it
Wave/tidal - this I know the least about, but I believe it has some pretty serious ecological consequences
Coal - getting cleaner in terms of toxins, but still pretty awful in terms of CO2 and always will be. I don't know what modern mining practices are like, but that side of it can get pretty nasty too.
Natural gas - better than coal, though obviously still a big CO2 producer and I think we're already maxing out our ability to produce energy from it.... DRB, do you know more?
The only reason those children are fat in the first place is because they leech aid from our taxpaying dollars! It's our fat to use, goddammit!valve bouncer said:You neglected to mention the frothers preferred option. Rendering the fat from 3rd world children.
Why would we get them from the third world. Everywhere I go I see fat kids, not the big boned plump kind, the knee and ankle fold waddling around type fat kids. We just need to set up liposuction and refining facilites in grade schools.valve bouncer said:You neglected to mention the frothers preferred option. Rendering the fat from 3rd world children.
You are faster than N8 rooting his missus.Silver said:The only reason those children are fat in the first place is because they leech aid from our taxpaying dollars! It's our fat to use, goddammit!
They'd get more from american kids. Edit: dayum, westy first.valve bouncer said:You neglected to mention the frothers preferred option. Rendering the fat from 3rd world children.
Help me here Westy...it was a movie or a TV program, they raided the liposuction....got it FIGHT CLUB...Westy said:Why would we get them from the third world. Everywhere I go I see fat kids, not the big boned plump kind, the knee and ankle fold waddling around type fat kids. We just need to set up liposuction and refining facilites in grade schools.
These guys are as fast as hell mate. Great minds think alike. I immediately altered my post but wasn't quick enough. :love:kidwoo said:They'd get more from american kids. Edit: dayum, westy first.
Beerdemon.......change your sig......tis da troof!!!!!!
Still a research and viability thing, but it is happening.
Why lipo and render the fat? Lets get those little piglets turning water wheels like Conan the Barbarian. Kill two birds with one stone, and possible create a generation of badass, sword-fighting, he-men (and she-women).Westy said:Why would we get them from the third world. Everywhere I go I see fat kids, not the big boned plump kind, the knee and ankle fold waddling around type fat kids. We just need to set up liposuction and refining facilites in grade schools.
ball bearings, its all ball bearings these days.ohio said:DRB, do you know more?
I love that movie.....................DRB said:ball bearings, its all ball bearings these days.
I thought it was nukular.DRB said:Oh and its not nuclear dumbasses.
Its NUCLAR.
kidwoo said:I must be living in a cave.......FUSION reactors in the works? WTF??? How'd they do it? Was it cold? Was it hot?