As Nikky Telsa said in 1915, "No matter what we attempt to do, no matter to what fields we turn our efforts, we are dependent on power. We have to evolve means of obtaining energy from stores which are forever inexhaustible, to perfect methods which do not imply consumption and waste of any material whatever. If we use fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations."
I can use the above quote....cheers!
Where is the waste going?
Australia won't be scammed.
If the world doubled it's nuclear power then Greenhouse gases would go down by 5-7%.
Almost three quarters of the worlds reactors are twenty years old. Almost half are 30 years old.
The world uses 15 Terrawatts of Electricity, which is 15 thousand Gigawatts.
If it wanted to use 2 Gigawatt Nuclear reactors for all of that you are looking at 7, 500 reactors and Australia knows this only too well.
Choose this path if you want, but we certainly don't encourage it.
Uranium goes missing all the time, believe it or not.
The Industry has a reputation as being full of cowboys and Australia will not support it by way of supplying a, "Get out of Jail free card."
It's a curse. It's simply the curse of Materialism, and there-in lies the solution to that curse.
Now that human means transcend all human measure and pile up wealth to impoverish the heart;
Men trace the height of fear, the depths of pleasure;
Now that human means transcend all human measure.
Simply to channel this blind wave of treasure, no matter what bonds it's bright streams
wrench apart;
Now that human means transcend all human measure and pile up wealth to impoverish the heart.
(I might have forgotten a few lines, but that is THE MERCHANTS WHEEL, by LES MURRAY)
Nuclear Power is a tantalising prospect for the Growth Economy paradigm...but I tell you all that it is simply what you have been taught to think.
I'm not immune...I just happen to live in a very lucky country where we don't need the power supply you do.
Have a look at Ausra...a square of 92 miles would power America..."Is it feasible?", is the question.
(Compared to 1000+ reactors, that is!)
I believe some estimates are that Nuclear is 1.5 times more expensive than Solar.
Solar is waiting on Thermal Storage and Nuclear is waiting on solutions to dump their Nuclear Waste.
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As Nikky Telsa said in 1915, "No matter what we attempt to do, no matter to what fields we turn our efforts, we are dependent on power. We have to evolve means of obtaining energy from stores which are forever inexhaustible, to perfect methods which do not imply consumption and waste of any material whatever. If we use fuel to get our power, we are living on our capital and exhausting it rapidly. This method is barbarous and wantonly wasteful and will have to be stopped in the interest of coming generations." I can use the above quote....cheers!
...this being "The Nuclear Cowboy problem", that Australia identified from half a world away and wants to keep it that way....and we will!!!
Where is the waste going? Australia won't be scammed. If the world doubled it's nuclear power then Greenhouse gases would go down by 5-7%. Almost three quarters of the worlds reactors are twenty years old. Almost half are 30 years old. The world uses 15 Terrawatts of Electricity, which is 15 thousand Gigawatts. If it wanted to use 2 Gigawatt Nuclear reactors for all of that you are looking at 7, 500 reactors and Australia knows this only too well. Choose this path if you want, but we certainly don't encourage it. Uranium goes missing all the time, believe it or not. The Industry has a reputation as being full of cowboys and Australia will not support it by way of supplying a, "Get out of Jail free card." It's a curse. It's simply the curse of Materialism, and there-in lies the solution to that curse. Now that human means transcend all human measure and pile up wealth to impoverish the heart; Men trace the height of fear, the depths of pleasure; Now that human means transcend all human measure. Simply to channel this blind wave of treasure, no matter what bonds it's bright streams wrench apart; Now that human means transcend all human measure and pile up wealth to impoverish the heart. (I might have forgotten a few lines, but that is THE MERCHANTS WHEEL, by LES MURRAY) Nuclear Power is a tantalising prospect for the Growth Economy paradigm...but I tell you all that it is simply what you have been taught to think. I'm not immune...I just happen to live in a very lucky country where we don't need the power supply you do. Have a look at Ausra...a square of 92 miles would power America..."Is it feasible?", is the question. (Compared to 1000+ reactors, that is!)
I believe some estimates are that Nuclear is 1.5 times more expensive than Solar. Solar is waiting on Thermal Storage and Nuclear is waiting on solutions to dump their Nuclear Waste.