Nuclear Power For or Against?

Thoughts_Arrive
Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
edited March 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Against.
The Japan disaster is now becoming the new Chernobyl.
How many more cities and lives do we need to ruin.
This is a dangerous source of energy.
I heard some expert say on TV if the Japan plant has a meltdown it will wipe out most of Asia, not sure if this is correct but if true I am friken scared shitless because Australia is not far away.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/specia ... 6020747603
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    ^^^^^^
    Agree ... against ...

    For the reasons you suggest Thoughts_Arrive ... but also there is a nuclear power station 10 miles from where I live.It went into commission in 1988,I was 19 at the time.The increase in cancers,birth defects,poor health in the region has increased tenfold.We are on the east coast of Scotland,the whole areas wealth and industry is based on fishing.
    The nuclear power station is build right on the coast line,it pumps all it's sewage into the air and the water the effect on the fishing has been astronomical as well as the rich farm land further inland.

    The tragic events in Japan and images are heartbreaking enough without the added horrors of nuclear problems.My heart bleeds for them.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    for.

    maybe they shouldn't be built so close to the ocean though? :? ......and maybe this should not have happened:
    http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/ ... FT20110313
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    It is nice to see a thread which I deemed to have 5 plus page potential has only gotten 2 responses.

    Anyways...

    As smart as the Japanese people are they are just as stupid in having nuclear plants on a fault line.
    I guess it is the reckless greeny groups getting their way again.
    The same thing happens in Australia, they (Greens) cry and kick and scream when fire authorities want to conduct back burning operations before the bushfire season begins in order to minimise bushfire risk.
    When they get their way we have a bushfire which turns fatal.
    Stupid Greeny groups.
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  • stargirl69
    stargirl69 Posts: 6,387
    edited March 2011
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    It is nice to see a thread which I deemed to have 5 plus page potential has only gotten 2 responses.

    Anyways...

    As smart as the Japanese people are they are just as stupid in having nuclear plants on a fault line.
    I guess it is the reckless greeny groups getting their way again.
    The same thing happens in Australia, they (Greens) cry and kick and scream when fire authorities want to conduct back burning operations before the bushfire season begins in order to minimise bushfire risk.
    When they get their way we have a bushfire which turns fatal.
    Stupid Greeny groups.

    You are up against that ridiculous newbie thread ... we are all doomed :? It's amazing what a pretty passport photo and a breast photo can do to the feeble minds around here :lol:
    Post edited by stargirl69 on
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  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    And what would you propose these countries replace their nuclear energy with (obviously any replacement would need to provide the same amount of energy)?
  • FrankieG
    FrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    For.

    Yes they are dangerous. Yes accidents happen. But if they are taken care of and have the necessary precautions, they are safe.
    Necessary from of energy.
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  • vduboise
    vduboise Posts: 1,937
    I am for, if a lot of theses power plants are updated. A lot of them are over 30 years old. We, as a society, need power, and there are not that many sources to keep up with demand.

    If there was something a but more safer- to produce, operate and safe for the environment, then I'm all for it.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaF-fq2Zn7I

    bill's got some good ideas... and the money to get some of these changes happening

    nuclear is gonna be a valuable part of our balanced energy resources in years to come... we just gotta get smarter about it... science is coming up with lots of ways to reduce/reuse the hazardous byproducts of nuclear energy

    http://news.discovery.com/tech/nuclear- ... green.html
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,112
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    It is nice to see a thread which I deemed to have 5 plus page potential has only gotten 2 responses.

    Anyways...

    As smart as the Japanese people are they are just as stupid in having nuclear plants on a fault line.
    I guess it is the reckless greeny groups getting their way again.
    The same thing happens in Australia, they (Greens) cry and kick and scream when fire authorities want to conduct back burning operations before the bushfire season begins in order to minimise bushfire risk.
    When they get their way we have a bushfire which turns fatal.
    Stupid Greeny groups.
    perhaps a subject such as this would have gotten "5 page plus" attention on AMT.
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  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 NEW YORK Posts: 11,156
    I can see many being for it, and I'm sure alot them would tell you in the same breath " not in my backyard" just like every issue you can think of.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    CROJAM95 wrote:
    I can see many being for it, and I'm sure alot them would tell you in the same breath " not in my backyard" just like every issue you can think of.
    certainly not in my backyard... i don't want my dog being chased by mutated squirrels

    on the bright side, i wouldn't need to build that new gazebo for shade with one of these towering over my place
    Nuclear-tower.jpg
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  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    I'm absolutely pro-nuclear energy.
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  • jmurray
    jmurray Stratham, NH Posts: 3,538
    So what do we do with the waste?
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    jmurray wrote:
    So what do we do with the waste?
    we could use subduction faults and burn it up in the earth's core, shoot it into the sun, or continue to improve nuclear reprocessing to make it a safer option
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    Kilgore_Trout wrote:
    CROJAM95 wrote:
    I can see many being for it, and I'm sure alot them would tell you in the same breath " not in my backyard" just like every issue you can think of.
    certainly not in my backyard... i don't want my dog being chased by mutated squirrels

    on the bright side, i wouldn't need to build that new gazebo for shade with one of these towering over my place
    Nuclear-tower.jpg


    haha....i live about 10 minutes from the limerick power plant in pa. when i was looking at houses 5 years ago a few of them had the stack directly in view from the front of the house.....yeah, not quite the view i was looking for. :lol:
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  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    I and my whole country are against! We are a nuclear free country.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand's_nuclear-free_zone

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeHTziiFVx0 speech starts at 0.34

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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    stargirl69 wrote:
    You are up against that ridiculous newbie thread ... we are all doomed :? It's amazing what a pretty passport photo and a breast photo can do to the feeble minds around here :lol:


    pretty entertaining thread, even with out the boob discussion. :lol:



    anybody else see what they are doing out in AZ? They are going to generate electirc with gas and capture all or most of the emissions to feed algea. the algea will then turn the co2 into o and keep the c for themsleves.

    the algea than can be harvested and used for such things as bio diesel, cattle feed or fuel for the power plant.

    cool stuff
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    redrock wrote:
    And what would you propose these countries replace their nuclear energy with (obviously any replacement would need to provide the same amount of energy)?

    There are other sources of energy like hydro, wind, or coal.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    It is nice to see a thread which I deemed to have 5 plus page potential has only gotten 2 responses.

    Anyways...

    As smart as the Japanese people are they are just as stupid in having nuclear plants on a fault line.
    I guess it is the reckless greeny groups getting their way again.
    The same thing happens in Australia, they (Greens) cry and kick and scream when fire authorities want to conduct back burning operations before the bushfire season begins in order to minimise bushfire risk.
    When they get their way we have a bushfire which turns fatal.
    Stupid Greeny groups.
    perhaps a subject such as this would have gotten "5 page plus" attention on AMT.

    I don't like it there.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    81 wrote:
    anybody else see what they are doing out in AZ? They are going to generate electirc with gas and capture all or most of the emissions to feed algea. the algea will then turn the co2 into o and keep the c for themsleves.

    the algea than can be harvested and used for such things as bio diesel, cattle feed or fuel for the power plant.

    cool stuff
    yeah that shit sounds pretty amazing... i hope it catches on

    fueling our homes and the byproduct can then fuel our cars?? THATS NUTS
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