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  1. nuclear power by falconwolf · · Score: 1 · on Energy Secretary Chu Endorses "Clean Coal"

    I expected the obligatory Chernobyl mention, but TMI and Chernobyl were night and day.

    Yea, Chernobyl showed how nuclear power can fail but TMI showed how it can work. The control and safety systems prevented a worse incident.

    I'm inclined to view TMI's accident as an example of how far we've come and how much we learned from Chernobyl, and I'm far from unique in that assessment.

    Except TMI happened before Chernobyl, lessons from Chernobyl didn't help TMI.

    even if I was as strongly against nuclear power as they were, I'd still hope to be intellectually honest enough to call that article out for being the complete mess that it is.

    Perhaps another one could have been better to use, such as this one: "Nuclear Materials 'Poison' Navajo Land", but that one was one of the first results when I googled. Or this one, " FACT SHEET on Uranium Mining and Nuclear Pollution in the Upper Midwest". Indian tribes and reservations have had to deal with uranium mining, and storage, including having their treaty rights violated. The proposed permanent storage site, Yucca Mountain, is by the Treaty of Ruby Valley part of Western Shoshone land, and they oppose the use of it for nuclear waste.

    Of course if it goes through and waste is stored there it'll just be another broken treaty in a line of treaties the US has broken with Indian tribes. That I know of no nation has broken as many treaties as the US has.

    Falcon

  2. Re:Area 51 is not Unidentified by Guerrillero · · Score: 1 · on The Skylab-Area 51 Incident

    2m resolution photo available here:
    http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-072503-LG .jpg

  3. You dont need google for that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Google Earth Launching For Free

    There are some pretty good satellite images available.

    http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-072503-LG .jpg
    http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-4M072503- LG.jpg

    You can compare them with google maps, it was posted yesterday.

  4. You dont need google for that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Google Earth Launching For Free

    There are some pretty good satellite images available.

    http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-072503-LG .jpg
    http://www.lasvegasnow.com/area51/Area51-4M072503- LG.jpg

    You can compare them with google maps, it was posted yesterday.

  5. Re:Best Game for Bored Workers by Richard_at_work · · Score: 4, Informative · on Satellite Easter Eggs

    You want a high definition sat image of Area 51? Your wish is my command.