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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 03:11 PM Original message |
Drought could shut down nuclear power plants |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. Drought can shut down *any* large power plant. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Wow - "what's the point of saying something so stupid?" |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Your entire post is nonsense. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You mean that my opposition of the coal industry is nonsense, perhaps? |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. This is why pro-nukes sound like paid shills |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. There are problems specific to large thermal power plants... |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #13 |
44. Most non-nuclear thermal plants are small |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 08:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. There's nothing better than a fundie lecture on "propaganda." |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #14 |
45. It was pointed out several times that you didn't understand the data in that table |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. Oh, look! It's NNadir's little friend!!! |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Cute. Do I get to call you "jpak's little friend?" |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Drought will not shut down a large wind power plant |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Wind plants shut down when the wind isn't blowing. |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. But they're not droughts. ;-) |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. "Fine, be against nuclear power". Is that me you're addressing for posting the article? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. I see major problems with this post.... |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. All true, the production of power is the only positive aspect of nukes. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 11:34 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And then there is coal, which has all of those problems and more. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Actually... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Is it really? Why? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Coal and Nuclear are equal threats to the environment. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. But they are not "alternatives." |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. What we have now is not sustainable. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "radiation is so deadly that it should be outlawed" |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Coal is far worse in every way -- and that's only the start |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:44 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Well, that's just propaganda.... |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. No it is not - NUCLEAR is the greenest large scale power source around. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Nuclear Power is not "Green....." |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Far worse in every way ... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. When's the last time anyone built a plant like Chernobyl? |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You don't need to build new ones. There are still RBMK reactors in operation. |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. STRAWMAN ALERT |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:33 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "No U.S. Plant could ever Chernobyl." Oh, really? |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 06:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. No - because of DESIGN |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. It's funny... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 07:20 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Roger Mattson, Victor Stello and the Hydrogen Bubble |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
40. THREE MILE ISLAND & Incompetent plant operators same as Chernobyl |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. What kind of incompetent operators allow the use of coal? |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. Good! F*ck nuclear power. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 06:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Ah, the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. NT |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Yup, the comfort of not glowing in the dark because the closest "clean" nuke plant went BANG... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-23-08 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Do you worry about cars too? |
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patch1234 (109 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
25. small hydro could take up the slack of nuke plants going offline .nt |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Small hydro is destructive and often short lived. |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Linky please? |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Links for what? |
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Fledermaus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-25-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. A link to support your claim |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-24-08 04:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Hydroplants are EXTREMELY destructive to the environment |
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