Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 63 (9161 total)
3 online now:
Newest Member: popoi
Post Volume: Total: 915,585 Year: 2,842/9,624 Month: 687/1,588 Week: 93/229 Day: 4/61 Hour: 0/0


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   American Budget Cuts
DBlevins
Member (Idle past 3766 days)
Posts: 652
From: Puyallup, WA.
Joined: 02-04-2003


Message 182 of 350 (606457)
02-25-2011 2:11 PM
Reply to: Message 158 by Rahvin
02-24-2011 12:15 PM


Re: Very interesting reading
The "danger" of nuclear power in America is more one of public opinion than actual risk. As I said, other nations like France generate the majority of their power from nuclear reactors, have been doing so for decades, and have been doing so without incident.
Iirc wasn't France having an issue with where to store the waste and wasn't there a fairly recent investigation into nuclear waste management companies (mafia owned?) after one? was found to be taking the waste by boat/ship and then sinking it?
By 2020 France is expected to need to dispose of 1.9 million cubic meters annually.
I am conflicted about the 'nuclear' issue. On the one hand it seems that in order to combat global warming, nuclear is the most reliable, as far as energy production is concerned. On the other hand, producing 76% of our electricity using Nuclear power, as France does, is fraught with problems for the long term storage of nuclear waste if not the resource limit problem of extracting enough of the uranium to supply such a large demand. In any case, I personally feel that we as a society need to learn to conserve to a much larger degree than we do presently or it will be forced upon humanity regardless.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 158 by Rahvin, posted 02-24-2011 12:15 PM Rahvin has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 186 by Rahvin, posted 02-25-2011 3:55 PM DBlevins has not replied
 Message 187 by fearandloathing, posted 02-25-2011 4:59 PM DBlevins has not replied
 Message 188 by fearandloathing, posted 02-25-2011 4:59 PM DBlevins has not replied

DBlevins
Member (Idle past 3766 days)
Posts: 652
From: Puyallup, WA.
Joined: 02-04-2003


Message 183 of 350 (606464)
02-25-2011 2:42 PM
Reply to: Message 158 by Rahvin
02-24-2011 12:15 PM


Re: Very interesting reading
Uranium is plentiful. There are economic ways of even retrieving fuel from sea water. There's enough fuel to power the world for decades (most estimates say centuries or more, but let's be conservative, shall we?) even at current growth rates.
Sorry about my inability to post this in my previous reply (I'm only human ), but I thought? you might be interested in this post. It's well worth reading imho on the discussion of Nuclear fuel resources.
Edited by DBlevins, : Doesn't help when I forget to add the link

This message is a reply to:
 Message 158 by Rahvin, posted 02-24-2011 12:15 PM Rahvin has not replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 184 by RAZD, posted 02-25-2011 2:50 PM DBlevins has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024