Also, I understand that the island of Japan actually sank some in the earthquake which compounded the problem of the abnormally high tsunami. The estimates I get from Google are that it sank between 2 ft and 5 meters (different sites, different scales) just from the earthquake, but I am having trouble coming up with a reputable source of the exact amount of drop the island suffered.
What dream renewable would you be speaking of? As far as everything I have read, Unicorn Farts would be the only one that fits your requirements there.
Because you would have to collect all the nuclear atoms stored in the coal used by a single coal plant in a year to be able to power a nuclear reactor...
Did you actually read what he wrote? Those items still radioactive are stored. All of the radioactive products that are left when processing out the Uranium, Plutonium, and Other are radioactive on the half life counted in years, not thousands of years.
I don't really disagree with you, but there is one part of solar energy you missed. Solar Thermal power doesn't use those hazardous chemicals, it uses mirrors shining on a tower full of salt to store heat as liquid salt which is then used to boil water and produce power. It is much less dangerous, but still you lose land to it.
Very well said. I would also add, that in the world of magical fairy dust, it might be possible to generate enough power from renewables, but in the land I live in, the losses of power storage of all kinds, and the losses of transmission would make renewables pretty useless in most of the world. I wish we had a mythical renewable solution to the problem, but it just doesn't exist. Not everywhere on the planet has access to free energy like Iceland with their geothermal power, not everywhere in the world has access to decent constant wind needed, and light in most of the world isn't strong enough to generate electricity very well. Transmission from the places where these power generation possibilities would work, would necessarily be too far for it to be worth transmitting the power.
So, nuclear power is unneeded? What base load power solution do you recommend? You would rather we use coal, or do you prefer natural gas? Will you approve of this being placed in your back yard when nuclear power is a viable option to replace several coal or natural gas plants?
Fukushima had a hydrogen control system that would have safely handled the hydrogen if it had power before it was destroyed in the hydrogen explosion. It had been kept up to date on safety measures, but there is only so much you can foresee, and no one expected the the island of Japan to sink lower into the ocean. I also like to point out that there were multiple other reactors in the same area of Japan that shut down automatically and had no issues; these are all newer safer designed reactors of the type we should have been building in the US in the last 30 years.
A big problem with your theory is the use of aerogel, and then trying to burn it up in reentry. Aerogel is an extremely good insulator, so you may end up with some burning off, but for the most part, you would have a large chunk of it hitting the pacific. This might not be a problem, but you definitely wouldn't have it burning up on reentry.
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Salt toxic? Maybe I should let my local McDonalds know that...they actually put the stuff on their fries.
I'd like some Naquadria.
http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Naquadria
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium-99m
That is the longer stability isotope, and it indicated a half-life of 6 hours. Do you often get scared of such "dangerous" things?
Also, I understand that the island of Japan actually sank some in the earthquake which compounded the problem of the abnormally high tsunami. The estimates I get from Google are that it sank between 2 ft and 5 meters (different sites, different scales) just from the earthquake, but I am having trouble coming up with a reputable source of the exact amount of drop the island suffered.
Well, you didn't mention geothermal, but that isn't useful in 99% of the world either, so I can understand the miss.
Coal working normally releases more nuclear waste in a year than has been produced by nuclear so far. Think of the scale of that.
Exactly, the news media needs to stop exaggerating, thank you for highlighting that.
What dream renewable would you be speaking of? As far as everything I have read, Unicorn Farts would be the only one that fits your requirements there.
Because you would have to collect all the nuclear atoms stored in the coal used by a single coal plant in a year to be able to power a nuclear reactor...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_4S
I can't wait. I would gladly have one in my back yard and sell power to the neighborhood.
dump the rest into a river
Did you actually read what he wrote? Those items still radioactive are stored. All of the radioactive products that are left when processing out the Uranium, Plutonium, and Other are radioactive on the half life counted in years, not thousands of years.
I don't really disagree with you, but there is one part of solar energy you missed. Solar Thermal power doesn't use those hazardous chemicals, it uses mirrors shining on a tower full of salt to store heat as liquid salt which is then used to boil water and produce power. It is much less dangerous, but still you lose land to it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy
specifically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy#Power_tower_designs
Very well said. I would also add, that in the world of magical fairy dust, it might be possible to generate enough power from renewables, but in the land I live in, the losses of power storage of all kinds, and the losses of transmission would make renewables pretty useless in most of the world. I wish we had a mythical renewable solution to the problem, but it just doesn't exist. Not everywhere on the planet has access to free energy like Iceland with their geothermal power, not everywhere in the world has access to decent constant wind needed, and light in most of the world isn't strong enough to generate electricity very well. Transmission from the places where these power generation possibilities would work, would necessarily be too far for it to be worth transmitting the power.
35% check an application that shows you the most recent updates
18% actually log into their account to update their status
Looking at the nudie pic of the day? Yep.
Where do I get that app?
So, nuclear power is unneeded? What base load power solution do you recommend? You would rather we use coal, or do you prefer natural gas? Will you approve of this being placed in your back yard when nuclear power is a viable option to replace several coal or natural gas plants?
Fukushima had a hydrogen control system that would have safely handled the hydrogen if it had power before it was destroyed in the hydrogen explosion. It had been kept up to date on safety measures, but there is only so much you can foresee, and no one expected the the island of Japan to sink lower into the ocean. I also like to point out that there were multiple other reactors in the same area of Japan that shut down automatically and had no issues; these are all newer safer designed reactors of the type we should have been building in the US in the last 30 years.
It is even more fun to point out to these luddites how many reactors there are in that area of Japan that are newer, and shut down without issue.
BWI has a park specifically for photographing planes, I can't imagine them banning it.
unsynchronized in relativity to what? GPS sats are moving pretty fast and don't get unsynced.
Membrane keyboards suck. But yes, I did know what you meant :)
NSAA??
http://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=nsaa
the Nebraska School Activities Association?
Or did you mean the National Student Association? www.nsa.gov
A big problem with your theory is the use of aerogel, and then trying to burn it up in reentry. Aerogel is an extremely good insulator, so you may end up with some burning off, but for the most part, you would have a large chunk of it hitting the pacific. This might not be a problem, but you definitely wouldn't have it burning up on reentry.
Typically, they all drink too, I have known many hypocrites that are Southern Baptists.
Twitter does support outgoing RSS, so you go download a RSS reader. This isn't rocket surgery here...