Here ya go - the Pope wants mmgw to fix the global economy and help the poor
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Too large of a footprint. Not enough energy produced.
Safer, no waste material that as yet can't really be dealt with safely.
Safer, no waste material that as yet can't really be dealt with safely.
Yet*. I'm all for putting money into continued research of waste reclaim and fusion. I just think nuclear provides the best long term power solution. It has the most meat to it. And as long as you don't build them on a fault line on the coast...they're pretty safe.
This isn't to say solar and other green sources should be ignored. I think, for now, they can be very good supplemental sources of energy. Though solar roads everywhere may take care of it.
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I'm led to believe the science behind solar freaking roadways is iffy, and it's not cost effective. But if there were a legitimate alternative I'd be all for it.
I did add yet - if there's a way to make use of the leftovers then great, but it's not happening any time soon, and we need to be realistic about things. Long term, maybe, but there are viable alternative available now with little-to-no waste products.
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Safer, no waste material that as yet can't really be dealt with safely.
Yet*. I'm all for putting money into continued research of waste reclaim and fusion. I just think nuclear provides the best long term power solution. It has the most meat to it. And as long as you don't build them on a fault line on the coast...they're pretty safe.
This isn't to say solar and other green sources should be ignored. I think, for now, they can be very good supplemental sources of energy. Though solar roads everywhere may take care of it.
Yet*. I'm all for putting money into continued research of waste reclaim and fusion. I just think nuclear provides the best long term power solution. It has the most meat to it. And as long as you don't build them on a fault line on the coast...they're pretty safe.
This isn't to say solar and other green sources should be ignored. I think, for now, they can be very good supplemental sources of energy. Though solar roads everywhere may take care of it.
Do a bit of research on solar roads and you will see they are not economically viable. Also, can they be banked? Do they generate as much frictional force as asphalt which was created for friction and ease of repair? Ease and price of repair? Etc etc..
I did a report for a class of mine that shows that while there are uses for them they are not viable as of today.
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But they're solar freakin roadways, lol.
In a perfect world, they'd be great though. Not saying they're viable now. Why I am saying nuclear.
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Which equally isn't completely viable now. It's also not going to get loads of public support after chernobyl/fukushima. Solar, on the other hand, is providing a nice 7% return for local community investors
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I agree with Chris. Nuclear power waste is a gigantic problem.
It causes global warming, and we can't have that.
And the safety isn't guaranteed, and what happens with accumulated waste
buried deep underground? Let's not poison our entire planet over time.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/sites-grndwtr-contam.html
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I agree with Chris. Nuclear power waste is a gigantic problem.
It causes global warming, and we can't have that.
And the safety isn't guaranteed, and what happens with accumulated waste
buried deep underground? Let's not poison our entire planet over time.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/sites-grndwtr-contam.html
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Which equally isn't completely viable now. It's also not going to get loads of public support after chernobyl/fukushima. Solar, on the other hand, is providing a nice 7% return for local community investors
Which equally isn't completely viable now. It's also not going to get loads of public support after chernobyl/fukushima. Solar, on the other hand, is providing a nice 7% return for local community investors
Did you see some of the public opinion polls I've posted? I'm talking in a perfect world here. I don't want to public's misconceptions influencing scientific issues.
France is doing a pretty good job with Nuclear power, right?
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Which equally isn't completely viable now. It's also not going to get loads of public support after chernobyl/fukushima. Solar, on the other hand, is providing a nice 7% return for local community investors
Did you see some of the public opinion polls I've posted? I'm talking in a perfect world here. I don't want to public's misconceptions influencing scientific issues.
France is doing a pretty good job with Nuclear power, right?
Did you see some of the public opinion polls I've posted? I'm talking in a perfect world here. I don't want to public's misconceptions influencing scientific issues.
France is doing a pretty good job with Nuclear power, right?
It's doing ok, and they, along with china, are investing in nuclear power in the UK.
While in an ideal world we shouldn't be swayed by public opinion on these matter, we need to be realistic about what is achievable. If you get $1bn for nuclear funding, or $5bn for solar funding, it would be irresponsible to go with the former if the latter can produce better returns.
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I agree with Chris. Nuclear power waste is a gigantic problem.
It causes global warming, and we can't have that.
And the safety isn't guaranteed, and what happens with accumulated waste
buried deep underground? Let's not poison our entire planet over time.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/sites-grndwtr-contam.html
I agree with Chris. Nuclear power waste is a gigantic problem.
It causes global warming, and we can't have that.
And the safety isn't guaranteed, and what happens with accumulated waste
buried deep underground? Let's not poison our entire planet over time.
http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/operating/ops-experience/tritium/sites-grndwtr-contam.html
Pack it in rockets and send it to Mars
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No, in a few million years, mankind will have left earth and
moved there. Send it into the sun so it will keep burnin....
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I don't want to think of the ramifications of screwing with the sun. Send it out into deep space.
Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind... -
Deep space? Which brings to mind a question - if we sent it into deep space,
and it never hits any other planet or object... might it just swing around and come
right back at us ?
Or, might it hit a civilized planet in another solar system, and they get all liberally po'd,
and flying saucer fly here, invade our planet, and try to wipe our all life on our planet
with their little pink hankies?
I'm working too hard. I still have about 42 trees, at least, to cut up for firewood,
fence to put up around the giant garden, and went to the farmer's market, came home
just in time to get in the house before the dark clouds let loose with tons of rain and high
winds, about 60 mph. Then, my Wifie looks out the window and says - uhoh, our green house
is open. So, I go out there, shut one door, close and block the vent, and when I try to shut
the other door, a giant gust of wind and rain throws the door back open and I go blackwards.
Then, I finally got the second door shut and latched, and I was completely soaked halfway
to the greenhouse in the first place, and went to go back to our house, and it hailed.
60 mph rain, and hail and wind, and braches being broken off of trees, and leaves.
The neighbors' trampoline was thrown vertical and against their deck, and was bent and
twisted.
And, after I did get back to the house, we got a cell phone call - it was about the tornado warning.
Yep. Missed us by less than a mile.
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Deep space? Which brings to mind a question - if we sent it into deep space,
and it never hits any other planet or object... might it just swing around and come
right back at us ?
Or, might it hit a civilized planet in another solar system, and they get all liberally po'd,
and flying saucer fly here, invade our planet, and try to wipe our all life on our planet
with their little pink hankies?
I'm working too hard. I still have about 42 trees, at least, to cut up for firewood,
fence to put up around the giant garden, and went to the farmer's market, came home
just in time to get in the house before the dark clouds let loose with tons of rain and high
winds, about 60 mph. Then, my Wifie looks out the window and says - uhoh, our green house
is open. So, I go out there, shut one door, close and block the vent, and when I try to shut
the other door, a giant gust of wind and rain throws the door back open and I go blackwards.
Then, I finally got the second door shut and latched, and I was completely soaked halfway
to the greenhouse in the first place, and went to go back to our house, and it hailed.
60 mph rain, and hail and wind, and braches being broken off of trees, and leaves.
The neighbors' trampoline was thrown vertical and against their deck, and was bent and
twisted.
And, after I did get back to the house, we got a cell phone call - it was about the tornado warning.
Yep. Missed us by less than a mile.
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No. It won't get to the end of space and come back at us. And chances are it won't ever hit a populated planet, ever, and if it does, bad luck for them.
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Even though there is a hypothetical edge of space it would be impossible for something to ever catch up with it let alone overtake it. If you could you would come back to the other side of the universe, but it is theoretically impossible, even factoring in any FTL 'loopholes' such as wormholes and spacetime warping because ultimmately you have to go ftl at some point.
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Did you see some of the public opinion polls I've posted? I'm talking in a perfect world here. I don't want to public's misconceptions influencing scientific issues.
France is doing a pretty good job with Nuclear power, right?
It's doing ok, and they, along with china, are investing in nuclear power in the UK.
While in an ideal world we shouldn't be swayed by public opinion on these matter, we need to be realistic about what is achievable. If you get $1bn for nuclear funding, or $5bn for solar funding, it would be irresponsible to go with the former if the latter can produce better returns.
It's doing ok, and they, along with china, are investing in nuclear power in the UK.
While in an ideal world we shouldn't be swayed by public opinion on these matter, we need to be realistic about what is achievable. If you get $1bn for nuclear funding, or $5bn for solar funding, it would be irresponsible to go with the former if the latter can produce better returns.
Right, "if". I do not know all of the costs, energy savings, etc, but I'd imagine Nuclear Power has a high start up cost but a high rate of return. $1b in Nuclear Power could produce more energy than $5b in solar. I am not sure though. But yes, if those were your two options, all else equal, you'd go with the better return on investment.
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"If" we didn't have time zones
The entire planet would be better off
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I'm going to invent a scientific deep space boomerang theory. Sure, I'll find some data.
In space, surely, eventually, an object would turn along with different gravities. Then,
if it turned enough, it could work it's way back to where it came from.
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I don't want to think of the ramifications of screwing with the sun. Send it out into deep space.
I don't want to think of the ramifications of screwing with the sun. Send it out into deep space.
That's hilarious..
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