Both of the sites your links refer to are so full of...nuclear weapons program waste.
First link:
The tunnel was part of the plutonium and uranium extraction facility (PUREX) said to be holding a lot of radioactive waste, including railway cars used to carry spent nuclear fuel rods, news agency AFP reported.
Second link:
The Kyshtym disaster was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a plutonium production site in Russia for nuclear weapons and nuclear fuel reprocessing plant of the Soviet Union.
So is the fact that nuclear power cannot be justified based on cost alone. Its the most expensive power source ever invented by man, and the one with the greatest near (meltdown) and long term dangers (waste storage).
Already did, clown shoes. If pumped storage is good enough for nuclear and coal, it's good enough for wind and solar.
Solar and Wind are not base load power sources, get over it...
Baseload Bullshit. Your precious coal and nuclear plants make use of pumped storage batteries all over the world so you have no excuse not to do the same for wind and solar.
"New designs" are old vaporware. But even if you manage to fix the long term waste storage problem, you still have the other Achilles heels of construction, maintenance and safety costs.
Cost is what's killing nuclear power. Not hippies.
Oh, do step out of the bubble. All the economic gains since 2008 have flown to the top 10%, and most of that to the top.01%. For the poor and working class, the economy has stayed in recession or even great depression levels. The new jobs being created are shitty service sector positions that pay less, while housing and health care costs continue to rise.
Literally how much of the cost inflation is the effect of political activism?
None, because the USG doesn't give the tiniest, greenest little shit about people or activists when there is corporate money involved. See DAPL or Occupy Wallstreet for two recent examples. Or the FBI charging people with terrorism for protesting factory farms. Or leaving BP in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico they worked hard to destroy.
We have the same problem with the death penality where interference with the logistics is so heavy that they are having a hard time getting their hands on the drugs required to perform a lethal injection.
Not so much x2. The first problem with the death penalty is that its still being carried out. The second problem is that there is a cheap, basically fool-proof execution method that's not being used: nitrogen asphyxiation. However, it causes a sense of euphoria before death, which is why death penalty states wont use it. The writhing pain suffered by those given a cocktail from Dr. Nick is a feature, not a bug, for these authoritarians.
they're clearly highly econonical absent
Economical belongs in the same sentence as nuclear power as much as "humanitarian" and "bombing" do. Nuclear power simply costs too much to build, maintain, decommission and that's before getting to your thousand-year-waste problem. You can build out wind and solar power in a fraction of the time for a fraction of the cost with none of the long term or safety issues.
You can also talk to nuclear engineers that have designed newer reactor designs and they'll validate this position.
"New designs" are an old red herring. Of course new plants are going to be safer than the 50 year old dinosaur that should have been taken offline ten years ago. Until your "new" plant is the old one, and suffering the same problems. Because there isn't a design that avoids the problems with nuclear power (meltdowns, decommissioning, waste) while being cost effective.
So seriously, if you think I'm wrong... natural gas and coal... why are they rolled out to back stop the solar and wind?
The FUD on wind and solar can be answered with 70's technology - 1870's. Specifically pumped storage hydroelectric power. If it's good enough to back up nuclear power plants, it's good enough for renewables. That and building out your generating capacity across the grid - same as you do for coal and nuclear power.
I have an even better example of this kind of industry for you - aviation.
Except:
Airlines offer the fastest travel available - nuclear doesn't offer anything you can't get from other renewable energy sources for a fraction of the cost in a fraction of the time.
Airlines aren't setting the world up with a hazardous waste problem that will last thousands of years.
The difference between these industries is all in the politics.
The difference is that nuclear power cannot be justified based on cost alone. It costs too much to build, secure, maintain, decommission and that's before getting to the radioactive waste.
So first mover advantage should compel ISPs to rollout in underserved areas, right?
You say "undeserved", the industry says "long time until return on investment and future profit". Which is why those areas are undeserved in the first place.
i.e., Crapcast could run a cable network out to the town of Jerkwater, Wisconsin, but they figure it would take eight years until they made ROI, so they'll pass it up in favor of a location that will only take three years to recoup installation costs.
If it's a natural monopoly, how come I have four different hard-wired ISP options (Cable, two fiber offerings, one DSL) at my suburban house? Did someone forget to send them all the memo?
But no, YOU like the power of government and they used it to get you pics to your idiot tube a few years earlier than they would have come naturally. And now, rather than realize the mistake, most just want more of the same damn abuse. More government to blah blah blah blah
Last Mile isn't a hard situation to understand. If Crapcast already has your area wired for cable, it means it has a huge edge over any would-be competitor as they can go on making money with their own wires while the competitor has to make a massive investment that wont pay off for years, at best. The other part your ignoring is the fact that market consolidation will naturally lead to buyouts and mergers, leaving you with less than a handfull of players in the end, anyway.
Shorties provide a valuable check on inflated prices and help to root out corruption and fraud.
Or....cause it as not only do they have a profit motive in seeing prices fall, but be threatened by their own bankruptcy if their bets backfire. This is a job for auditors and regulators, not someone with a financial interest in your company's failure.
And there was some demand for some jobs even at the height of the Great Depression. And yeah, its not like workers haven't had to deal with challenging job markets before - but not with today's astronomical housing and student loan costs. That's why the Old Economy Steve's are asshats, because they didn't have five figures of student loan debt or efficiencies that rent for over $1,000/mo to deal with, but lecture millennials who do.
The intent of the tax is to reduce carbon emissions. Whether or not that happens, the results will be tax money that is spent on society. Libertarians, who are the first to complain TINSTAAFL when free health care is mentioned, sure seem to think that having a first world society is free.
So that is why all the posts so far have been from butthurt appleboys
Cool, you'll have no problems finding examples then. Unless you typed that comment without actually reading other posts, in which base you're a hateboi.
You bullshit. STEM grads enter a market where employers want everyone to be under 30 while at the same time already having a decade of professional experience. Where their own government works to suppress their wages with the H1B visa program. Where their industry tries to offshore or outsource as much as possible - and colludes to suppress wages when they can't.
If you want to increase income taxes to pay for roads and public transportation, be my guest. In the meantime, the poor and working class are still unquestionably better off with those dollars being spent, no matter the source.
No more dusting off your Half-Life or Legend of Zelda disc for a replay with internet-hosted game processing - you wanna play you gotta pay. Monthly.
Add the death of second hand sales and piracy - can't crack the game if you have no access to the game's binaries or libraries - and what's not to love from the perspective of a scumfuck executive?
Slashdot Mirror
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Second link:
Roh roh.
So is the fact that nuclear power cannot be justified based on cost alone. Its the most expensive power source ever invented by man, and the one with the greatest near (meltdown) and long term dangers (waste storage).
Already did, clown shoes. If pumped storage is good enough for nuclear and coal, it's good enough for wind and solar.
Baseload Bullshit. Your precious coal and nuclear plants make use of pumped storage batteries all over the world so you have no excuse not to do the same for wind and solar.
Airline CO2 wont be threatening people 500 years from now with cancer if its containment unit leaks into the groundwater.
"New designs" are old vaporware. But even if you manage to fix the long term waste storage problem, you still have the other Achilles heels of construction, maintenance and safety costs.
Cost is what's killing nuclear power. Not hippies.
Oh, do step out of the bubble. All the economic gains since 2008 have flown to the top 10%, and most of that to the top .01%. For the poor and working class, the economy has stayed in recession or even great depression levels. The new jobs being created are shitty service sector positions that pay less, while housing and health care costs continue to rise.
None, because the USG doesn't give the tiniest, greenest little shit about people or activists when there is corporate money involved. See DAPL or Occupy Wallstreet for two recent examples. Or the FBI charging people with terrorism for protesting factory farms. Or leaving BP in charge of cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico they worked hard to destroy.
Not so much x2. The first problem with the death penalty is that its still being carried out. The second problem is that there is a cheap, basically fool-proof execution method that's not being used: nitrogen asphyxiation. However, it causes a sense of euphoria before death, which is why death penalty states wont use it. The writhing pain suffered by those given a cocktail from Dr. Nick is a feature, not a bug, for these authoritarians.
Economical belongs in the same sentence as nuclear power as much as "humanitarian" and "bombing" do. Nuclear power simply costs too much to build, maintain, decommission and that's before getting to your thousand-year-waste problem. You can build out wind and solar power in a fraction of the time for a fraction of the cost with none of the long term or safety issues.
"New designs" are an old red herring. Of course new plants are going to be safer than the 50 year old dinosaur that should have been taken offline ten years ago. Until your "new" plant is the old one, and suffering the same problems. Because there isn't a design that avoids the problems with nuclear power (meltdowns, decommissioning, waste) while being cost effective.
The FUD on wind and solar can be answered with 70's technology - 1870's. Specifically pumped storage hydroelectric power. If it's good enough to back up nuclear power plants, it's good enough for renewables. That and building out your generating capacity across the grid - same as you do for coal and nuclear power.
Except:
Airlines offer the fastest travel available - nuclear doesn't offer anything you can't get from other renewable energy sources for a fraction of the cost in a fraction of the time.
Airlines aren't setting the world up with a hazardous waste problem that will last thousands of years.
The difference is that nuclear power cannot be justified based on cost alone. It costs too much to build, secure, maintain, decommission and that's before getting to the radioactive waste.
You say "undeserved", the industry says "long time until return on investment and future profit". Which is why those areas are undeserved in the first place.
i.e., Crapcast could run a cable network out to the town of Jerkwater, Wisconsin, but they figure it would take eight years until they made ROI, so they'll pass it up in favor of a location that will only take three years to recoup installation costs.
You keep using that word, socialism. It does not mean whatever it is you think it means.
Three different types of wires, that's why.
Last Mile isn't a hard situation to understand. If Crapcast already has your area wired for cable, it means it has a huge edge over any would-be competitor as they can go on making money with their own wires while the competitor has to make a massive investment that wont pay off for years, at best. The other part your ignoring is the fact that market consolidation will naturally lead to buyouts and mergers, leaving you with less than a handfull of players in the end, anyway.
Willfully obtuse.
Or....cause it as not only do they have a profit motive in seeing prices fall, but be threatened by their own bankruptcy if their bets backfire. This is a job for auditors and regulators, not someone with a financial interest in your company's failure.
This is over a period of time, not a single election.
And there was some demand for some jobs even at the height of the Great Depression. And yeah, its not like workers haven't had to deal with challenging job markets before - but not with today's astronomical housing and student loan costs. That's why the Old Economy Steve's are asshats, because they didn't have five figures of student loan debt or efficiencies that rent for over $1,000/mo to deal with, but lecture millennials who do.
None of those comments show a whif of either fanboyism or butthurt. Sounds like someone's in the grip of the Hatorade Distortion Field.
The intent of the tax is to reduce carbon emissions. Whether or not that happens, the results will be tax money that is spent on society. Libertarians, who are the first to complain TINSTAAFL when free health care is mentioned, sure seem to think that having a first world society is free.
So, you're a fascist then.
Cool, you'll have no problems finding examples then. Unless you typed that comment without actually reading other posts, in which base you're a hateboi.
If you profit from success, you want success. If you profit from failure, you want failure. Any more questions?
You bullshit. STEM grads enter a market where employers want everyone to be under 30 while at the same time already having a decade of professional experience. Where their own government works to suppress their wages with the H1B visa program. Where their industry tries to offshore or outsource as much as possible - and colludes to suppress wages when they can't.
If you want to increase income taxes to pay for roads and public transportation, be my guest. In the meantime, the poor and working class are still unquestionably better off with those dollars being spent, no matter the source.
You DO realize you're just reinforcing his point, right?
No more dusting off your Half-Life or Legend of Zelda disc for a replay with internet-hosted game processing - you wanna play you gotta pay. Monthly.
Add the death of second hand sales and piracy - can't crack the game if you have no access to the game's binaries or libraries - and what's not to love from the perspective of a scumfuck executive?