Obamas green Energy plan is not very popular - Page 3

Schroeder · 08-05-15, 01:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Just build more nuke plants. With the latest generation of reactors IIRC a single fuel load can keep the running for 50+ years. Waste admittedly would still be a problem but I say do what we should've done and shoved it deep, way deep, like go to the tallest mountain and drill to the very bottom of it deep in the Rockies. Do that and the stuff would never get out.

Even after decades of searching we haven't found a safe place for the stuff yet in Germany. The problem with holes in some mountains is that they tend to run full of water here. We've placed some radioactive waste in a former potassium mine called Asse and now we've got the problem that water runs into it and corrodes all the barrels that contain that stuff. Now we've probably got to retrieve those barrels (which were dumped with the intention to be irretrievable....) and that will cost billions.

Oh and the project was supposed to prove that those mines are safe to store radioactive waste for 30.000years....it actually lasted roughly 30 years before the problems appeared.

ikalugin · 08-05-15, 07:30 AM

How about reprocessing?

Father Goose · 08-05-15, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

From what I have read so far-Obamas plan seem to be not so popular.

You could have just posted Obama is not so popular. That would have covered it all.

Catfish · 08-05-15, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Forgot about Yucca Mountain. That place is pretty much apocalypse proof and probably the safest place in the world to keep the waste at.

Reminds me of "Fire on the mountain".
All belongs to the government.

Betonov · 08-05-15, 03:03 PM

US has a lot of nice sites for disposing waste. Europe could just pay you to handle our waste.

But I'm for stuffing the stuff into rockets, aim for Venus and pray the rocket won't explode during launch.

August · 08-05-15, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Torplexed

Try blackjack during a blackout. You'll never go back to backgammon.

That's Vegas during a blackout? Hmm it is still has a thousand times more light than my neighborhood does normally, except Christmas then we go all out.

Oberon · 08-05-15, 04:29 PM

Speaking of nuclear, seventy year anniversary today.

Torplexed · 08-05-15, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Speaking of nuclear, seventy year anniversary today.

Yeah, I'm kind of surprised the "was it necessary?" guilt bombs haven't started dropping yet as they have in years past.

ikalugin · 08-05-15, 04:47 PM

With Soviet entry into the war and fire bombings it was not (from WW2 perspective).

But then the nuclear bombings of Japanese cities were not the last shots of WW2, but first shots of the Cold War.

mapuc · 08-05-15, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Father Goose

You could have just posted Obama is not so popular. That would have covered it all.

I know that among many American he is not popular at all, this thread is not about his politics in general, it is about his "green energy plan"

I also know-as mentioned before-there are those who are against everything Obama comes up with. They do so by automatic

Markus

Torplexed · 08-05-15, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

They do so by automatic

Markus

Well, actually Obamamatic--the automatic knee-jerk gainsaying of every Obama says.

If he says his energy plan is green, then in some eyes it must red, or blue, or puce.

em2nought · 08-05-15, 08:28 PM

Funny thing about Americans, they expect to have a President, not an Emperor who is immune to any kind of check and balance. A system that has been in place since the beginning suddenly seems broken beyond repair.

Platapus · 08-06-15, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by em2nought

Funny thing about Americans, they expect to have a President, not an Emperor who is immune to any kind of check and balance. A system that has been in place since the beginning suddenly seems broken beyond repair.

Not at all. The system still works. We have not had any president seize power they are not constitutionally allowed, nor have we had any president, even in time of war, cancel elections.

Oberon · 08-06-15, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

Not at all. The system still works. We have not had any president seize power they are not constitutionally allowed, nor have we had any president, even in time of war, cancel elections.

You're bringing facts in again, how many times do I have to tell you about this...

mapuc · 08-06-15, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

You're bringing facts in again, how many times do I have to tell you about this...

?? I thought I would get facts when I post something here i GT. Except in threads like-Funny thread. last to post win etc.

Markus

08-05-15, 07:30 AM	#32
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	How about reprocessing? __________________ Grumpy as always.

08-05-15, 04:47 PM	#39
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	With Soviet entry into the war and fire bombings it was not (from WW2 perspective). But then the nuclear bombings of Japanese cities were not the last shots of WW2, but first shots of the Cold War. __________________ Grumpy as always.

08-05-15, 08:28 PM	#42
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Funny thing about Americans, they expect to have a President, not an Emperor who is immune to any kind of check and balance. A system that has been in place since the beginning suddenly seems broken beyond repair. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	US has a lot of nice sites for disposing waste. Europe could just pay you to handle our waste. But I'm for stuffing the stuff into rockets, aim for Venus and pray the rocket won't explode during launch.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Speaking of nuclear, seventy year anniversary today.