Yes, of course - if in doubt, amend it. I just get pissed off by people carrying "The Constitution" in front of them like their version of scripture. It can and should be reviewed occasionally.
Given that the guy is a no-lifer stalking slashdot all day from his basement to find an opportunity to get to his "space nutter" rant, I'd wager that 10-20 years of useful lifespan is hugely overestimated when it comes to this particular troll. Well, he still has a chance when, or rather if he finally grows up.
I can see why it is so popular with the far right. The goat herders cheer at the fall of a high culture. Can't get anything done themselves, but they are RIGHTEOUS.
Still, even if we could cough up the energy budget and the technology to set off to the stars and colonize away, at a fixed rate of expansion, the colonizable zone grows by the power of 2 from earth's point of view. Our population growth is exponential, though, albeit slowing.
Ah, the deep fear of the conservative that tax money should be used for something other that military-industrial pork. God forbid that we do something useful for a change. It might actually benefit society as a whole and that would be SOCIALISM. Can't go there....
That's what I love about you guys. You are giving me a good laugh every time. Don't even think about whether something makes sense, no, Sir, that would be unamerican. The only thing that matters is whether it is "in the constitution". Fapping off to your version of the holy scripture.
With strong emphasis on "relatively", I guess... I hope that reality contradicts you with a workable smart grid powered largely by renewables soon. One can hope, at least.
I give you the point that it is indeed an improvement over light water. I might be somewhat irrational here, but beryllium is quite high on my "avoid if possible" list - and I did have to handle it, glovebox and all, as I said. It has quite nice properties when you consider it as a coolant, though, but still - I can't get myself to like the idea.
It is nuts because if, no, WHEN you have a loss of coolant in such a plant, you not only have to deal with radiation, but also with a couple of tons of toxic crap that I only handle in a glovebox if I have to deal with it in gram amounts. Beryllium sucks.
You mean when speaking the truth threatens you beloved nuclear energy? Then, obviously, everything is possible. Start the bookburnings, dude, start the bookburnings.
Nice move. Once again - risk from dose rate and risk from ingestion of volatile radionuclides are two wholly different kettle of fish. But you know that. You lie. Deliberately. The question is - why?
All? Don't know. That's for the people to decide, locally. Around here, strictly locally, where every single reactor is in the immediate vicinity of a city with 100k-1M inhabitants, yes, here it justifies it.
Third rate physics PhD, eh? Feeling high and mighty because you passes computer "science" 101? Join up with the creationists, they are around your intellectual level. Seriously, that's what passes for the nerd community these days? Revolting.
The problem with turbines is not high maintenance, but their slow response to changes in power level. Direct drive is basically out. On hybrids, where the turbine can run at its optimal point of operation, it might be more feasible.
If the real fire is not approved by the/.-techno-cornucopian groupthink, well, yes, you are going to be silenced then. What should not happen can not happen, and nuclear energy is safe. Didn't you get the memo?
One has to wonder why the MIT nuclear science department does not use an ".edu" adress. Might it be because the guys behind that blog are just some random shills trying to reinforce their bullshit by a recognized name? No, no... can't be so....
When you have been proven to lie, you are a liar. Simple as that. Hiding your idiocy behind "western democracy" is just pathetic. Can you get any lower?
True. All relevant problems in their own right. They don't change what is happening in Japan at the moment, though. And that is that the exclusion zone will last for decades, in contrast to what some apologist want us to belief.
Ding. New level of denialism. You are seriously saying the soviets evacuated the exclusion zone around Chernobyl to show off their care to the west? Seriously? I am flabbergasted.
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Yes, of course - if in doubt, amend it. I just get pissed off by people carrying "The Constitution" in front of them like their version of scripture. It can and should be reviewed occasionally.
A keyboard. New. You owe me one after I coughed my coffee all over mine. Well played, Sir, well played.
Given that the guy is a no-lifer stalking slashdot all day from his basement to find an opportunity to get to his "space nutter" rant, I'd wager that 10-20 years of useful lifespan is hugely overestimated when it comes to this particular troll. Well, he still has a chance when, or rather if he finally grows up.
I can see why it is so popular with the far right. The goat herders cheer at the fall of a high culture. Can't get anything done themselves, but they are RIGHTEOUS.
Still, even if we could cough up the energy budget and the technology to set off to the stars and colonize away, at a fixed rate of expansion, the colonizable zone grows by the power of 2 from earth's point of view. Our population growth is exponential, though, albeit slowing.
Newsflash - they don't exist in any meaningful way. The USA does not have the oil reserves to get off foreign oil at a reasonable price tag.
Ah, the deep fear of the conservative that tax money should be used for something other that military-industrial pork. God forbid that we do something useful for a change. It might actually benefit society as a whole and that would be SOCIALISM. Can't go there....
That's what I love about you guys. You are giving me a good laugh every time. Don't even think about whether something makes sense, no, Sir, that would be unamerican. The only thing that matters is whether it is "in the constitution". Fapping off to your version of the holy scripture.
With strong emphasis on "relatively", I guess... I hope that reality contradicts you with a workable smart grid powered largely by renewables soon. One can hope, at least.
I give you the point that it is indeed an improvement over light water. I might be somewhat irrational here, but beryllium is quite high on my "avoid if possible" list - and I did have to handle it, glovebox and all, as I said. It has quite nice properties when you consider it as a coolant, though, but still - I can't get myself to like the idea.
It is nuts because if, no, WHEN you have a loss of coolant in such a plant, you not only have to deal with radiation, but also with a couple of tons of toxic crap that I only handle in a glovebox if I have to deal with it in gram amounts. Beryllium sucks.
You mean when speaking the truth threatens you beloved nuclear energy? Then, obviously, everything is possible. Start the bookburnings, dude, start the bookburnings.
Nice move. Once again - risk from dose rate and risk from ingestion of volatile radionuclides are two wholly different kettle of fish. But you know that. You lie. Deliberately. The question is - why?
All? Don't know. That's for the people to decide, locally. Around here, strictly locally, where every single reactor is in the immediate vicinity of a city with 100k-1M inhabitants, yes, here it justifies it.
Third rate physics PhD, eh? Feeling high and mighty because you passes computer "science" 101? Join up with the creationists, they are around your intellectual level. Seriously, that's what passes for the nerd community these days? Revolting.
The problem with turbines is not high maintenance, but their slow response to changes in power level. Direct drive is basically out. On hybrids, where the turbine can run at its optimal point of operation, it might be more feasible.
If the real fire is not approved by the /.-techno-cornucopian groupthink, well, yes, you are going to be silenced then. What should not happen can not happen, and nuclear energy is safe. Didn't you get the memo?
One has to wonder why the MIT nuclear science department does not use an ".edu" adress. Might it be because the guys behind that blog are just some random shills trying to reinforce their bullshit by a recognized name? No, no... can't be so....
Yup, mods. Go ahead. Bury it deeper. You can't handle the truth.
No way, you are indeed serious? Now I have seen it all.
When you have been proven to lie, you are a liar. Simple as that. Hiding your idiocy behind "western democracy" is just pathetic. Can you get any lower?
True. All relevant problems in their own right. They don't change what is happening in Japan at the moment, though. And that is that the exclusion zone will last for decades, in contrast to what some apologist want us to belief.
Ding. New level of denialism. You are seriously saying the soviets evacuated the exclusion zone around Chernobyl to show off their care to the west? Seriously? I am flabbergasted.
Yep. Of course. All scientists are in for the FUNDING. Because doing pure science pays the bills so well.
Background radiation does not equal contamination by volatile nucleids that are readily ingested.