Current Events

The whole thread (23 posts)

• France says: the future is nuclear - Raoul - 10/23/2004 7:44:27 PM
  • BULLSHIT! The enormous subsidy needed to keep the French electric generation system going is carefully hidden in the national budget. - David F Mayer - 10/23/2004 11:54:23 PM
    • re:Nuclear energy - Raoul - 10/24/2004 8:56:11 AM
    • You just make things up, don't you. - Bowser - 10/24/2004 4:04:16 AM
      • Yes You Do - Mark Eby - 10/24/2004 11:09:49 PM
      • Not at all. Here are data on the rapidly vanishing nuclear fuel situation. - David F Mayer - 10/24/2004 9:34:20 PM
        • Other opinions - LJ - 10/25/2004 8:05:16 PM
        • Most nuclear experts agree that a breeder cycle is required to make long-term nuclear power practical. - Tom Brosz - 10/24/2004 10:45:36 PM
          • So, we see that we have the old "bait and switch" trick being used. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:24:18 AM
            • Breeders - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 1:50:32 AM
              • I don't believe that we should take the chance. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 4:07:40 AM
                • re: I don't believe that we should take the chance. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 5:00:16 AM
                  • Nuclear fuel. - David F Mayer - 10/25/2004 1:21:27 PM
                    • re: Nuclear fuel. - Tom Brosz - 10/25/2004 4:09:58 PM
    • The Chinese seem to be doing it fairly cheap. - Lee - 10/24/2004 1:34:55 AM
      • Yes, and ignoring safety and leakage problems. Wait until they have their first disaster. It also helps to cut costs when you can pay workers $0.60 per hour. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 10/24/2004 1:45:01 AM
  • I'd have to admit that nuclear power is one area where the French seem to have beaten America all hollow. - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 8:57:22 PM
    • re: Stocking - Raoul - 10/23/2004 9:23:42 PM
      • Where is France "stocking" its nuclear waste? - Gary - 10/23/2004 11:29:25 PM
        • re: Where is France "stocking" its nuclear waste? - Raoul - 10/24/2004 8:23:43 AM
          • The US has too much plutonium - Gary - 10/24/2004 6:05:00 PM
        • In Algeria? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/24/2004 5:15:29 AM
      • Agreed - Tom Brosz - 10/23/2004 9:47:30 PM