I grew up with my parents not knowing whether we did play too long under the Tschernobyl fallout. g
I grew up with my parents not knowing whether we did play too long under the Tschernobyl fallout. g
Most of the energy humans create is used to overcome the force of gravity or attraction.
Why would it not make sense to understand and utilize these forces rather than waste time and capital to make a mess of our planet?
That is difficult to read. No one should have to worry about their children or themselves playing on our wonderful playground Earth. Makes me rethink my support of nuclear power.. But my faith in it's potential keeps me from turning my back..
Well, yes this is a problem. In my opinion it stems from the lack of safety measures; something that should go hand in hand with nuclear power. I feel once designers really take safety into account and change their perspective on design, insurance companies will jump on board. But this is a very large step in nuclear power, possibly requiring a new fuel like Helium-3.The risk part is just one part, that's something you have to decide for your own. I can totaly understand people saying that they accept. I can't so that's simple for me. Nothing I would really argue about. It's just, the unpredicted can and does happen and I don't wanna be where it happens.
I dispute that they are econimcal. Let me just throw the details which make me really wonder at you. I'm cool which what ever the conclusion is you come to.
No insurance company insures those plants, they tend to do the right thing...
No modern country is building a nuclear power plant at this moment besides France and Finland. Those work on the new european super plant. Siemens was part of this joint venture and pulled out before Fukushima happened.
Yeah but with better design in the future I think this goes away. I see that as a problem with "primitive" design surrounded by environmentalists fearing river contamination. They have a valid point too. I'm not too happy with nuclear power at it's current level, but I feel it has a lot of potential once developed to acceptable standards.Every year in summer the french get problems because their nuclear power plants stop working because of the heat. Every winter the frech get into problem because their nuclear power plants have to shut down because it's to cold. They get 60% of their energy from nuclear power and can only import 9GW of power so they are pretty nervous about that.
Very wasteful indeed. Though another problem that I feel will disappear with added development. Especially with the use of Helium-3 and its virtually zero spent fuel. Until then, this does pose a economical and safety concern. Safety in terms of accidents/disasters or terrorist activity.Imagine this one guy, who protects the dispossal of the burnt nuclear fuel. He sits there doing nothing but protecting for about 1 Mio years. Which is a pretty fair assumption. He costs like 30 000€ or $ a year. For 1 million years that's 30 billion € or $. I can't imagine this can be enconomical.
I could go on for a bit but am far too stoned. As said, just giving you the details, I don't think there are either right or wrong opinions, just the facts I think about....
It's funny that you think MY ignorance is showing through.
The only FUCKING reason the "customer" is getting a "stable price" (as you put it) is because the whole operation (from manufacturing, sales and installation) is FUCKING subsidized by government. From the Feds, to the State of California on down to the city/county of San Diego, artificially affecting the price of solar at the cost of the common taxpayer.
What the fuck don't you understand about that?
Sun Edison wouldn't be here if the subsidies were removed from the equation from top to bottom.
What the fuck don't you understand about that?
Why do you think that a company that survives on working the system at taxpayer's expense and not on the free market is worthy of hero worship?
... The only ******* reason the "customer" is getting a "stable price" (as you put it) is because the whole operation (from manufacturing, sales and installation) is ******* subsidized by government. From the Feds, to the State of California on down to the city/county of San Diego, artificially affecting the price of solar at the cost of the common taxpayer.
Less subsidies, big oil wouldn't have received breaks from digging dry holes in the ground.Sun Edison wouldn't be here if the subsidies were removed from the equation from top to bottom.
The funny thing is you're subsidizing your argument that tax breaks aren't tax breaks to big oil but they are to alternatives.Why do you think that a company that survives on working the system at taxpayer's expense and not on the free market is worthy of hero worship?
We don't subsidize oil. Do some research.
It's like ringing the bell! once rung, it cannot be un-rung.
So our lair in chief obama says so, greenies pick up on the bullshit via msnbc and believe it.
Pathetic. Do your own research and thinking on the subject and quit allowing people to plant bullshit falsities in your head.
There are NO oil subsidies. obama only says there are knowing a vast ocean of idiots will believe that shit and cry for justice against oil companies.
Oh bro where are you getting your info lol
oh yes they do subsides the oil and electric companies LOL..
profitable businesses on the planet. They do not need subsidies to survive.
The United States government provides over $40 billion in subsidies, in the form of direct funding and tax credits, to oil companies. This is money that is designed to make it easier for those companies to provide cheap fuel to the people of the United States, something they are basically failing to do. Prices remain high, even as the companies in question ask for more subsidies and continue to rake in record profits.
FORTY. BILLION. DOLLARS.
Only 38 countries in the world have government budgets larger than $40 billion. Argentina, one of the wealthier countries in the developing world, with a population of 40.7 million people, does not spend that much on running its entire government. In fact, there are 192 nations that spend less on running their country than the United States does in free giveaways to the most profitable companies in the world.
peace out Headband707
Our country suffers due to this sheer ignorance, and our government depends on it.
You're thinking with your head in the political toilet. No wonder your ideas are like swirlies that never flush.
The added pejoratives just make your referenced argument weaker.
Exxon/Mobile doesn't just receive assistance in the form of subsidies. They're but one of 68% of American corporations that pay no federal income taxes. Some of these businesses get rebates on top of paying zero federal taxes. These companies lobby to reward their tax-accountants no-tax status to better serve their no-tax interests.
Here's the ConnocoPhillips CEO refusing to apologize for saying 'It's un-American' to end oil subsidies.
When you base your applications on idealistic pontifications you can say anything you want, doesn't make it reality. I guess that's how all the pejoratives originate. If you were telling the truth you wouldn't get ticked. You're just pissed because you can't float doves like cable and radio shock-jocks.
How 'bout some good ol' conservative views on big-oil subsidies? Is Heritage far-right enough?
http://www.askheritage.org/whats-the-truth-behind-oil-subsidies/
Obviously Heritage has to include alternatives with big-oil interests. It just affords them the opportunity to be intellectually honest over big-oil subsidies.
Grapeman
your whole industry is dependent upon govt subsidizes so why are you so against any for renewable energy?
maybe you are afraid green energy subsidizes will dilute any subsidizes you get b/c the govt is broke.
or you could just be a hater sharing right wing extremist views that "govt subsadizes are bad and we need to cut them out..............except for the ones i get"
...shitloge... hill of beans... I dealing with idiots... IQ is to low... shit ... bullshit... ilk tosses... "Racist"... "denier"... ignoramuses...
My industry??
WTF do you know about my industry??
Corn is subsidized (government and ethanol), as is cotton, sugar, and a few other crops.
What I grow is not, and is sold globally in a "supply & demand" market.
Fuck off. You are too stupid to even post here.
I mentioned earlier that grape's posts would be more valuable (less the pejoratives.) Now I'm beginning to wonder.Crop Insurance: Federally subsidized crop insurance
has been available for most field crops and about
25 tree crops. However, the federal government has
been expanding its role for several years in providing
subsidized crop insurance for vegetable crops
and more tree crops, and the USDA has a mandate to
provide crop insurance programs for as many crops
as is feasible. Of the total crop insurance outlays of
approximately $2 billion per year, only about ten
percent is provided as insurance subsidies to horticultural
crops. Through the Non-insured Assistance
Program, free crop insurance for crop disasters is
provided for horticultural crops with outlays averaging
$100 million in recent years. Of this money,
somewhat less than half would be allocated to California
crops.
http://giannini.ucop.edu/media/are-update/files/articles/v6n22.pdf
My industry??
WTF do you know about my industry??
My industry??
WTF do you know about my industry??
Corn is subsidized (government and ethanol), as is cotton, sugar, and a few other crops.
What I grow is not, and is sold globally in a "supply & demand" market.
Fuck off. You are too stupid to even post here.