congress has really dropped the ball on nuclear energy.

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TAFKASE — 3/5/2008 3:00:58 PM (archived)

And as a result the entire nation is much more reliant on foreign oil and other carbon based energy sources.

We really are at the point where we the people need to force their hand.

They all talk about ending our dependance on foreign oil...But when it comes to actually doing REAL things to help end that dependance all they can offer US is something like CFL lightbulbs.

Pathetic.

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A good article on nuclear energy - TB - 3/1/2008 10:32:18 PM
- I've decided that my position on Nuclear power is the same as Barak Obama's (n/t) - Ima Liberal - 3/3/2008 3:25:38 PM
- recycling spent fuel rods - REB - 3/3/2008 3:19:11 PM
- I think we just need to put all the spent fuel rods on the Moon. - TAFKASE - 3/3/2008 3:18:07 PM
- Deconstructing a good article on nucular energy - ER - 3/2/2008 8:07:59 PM
  - How do the French, Russians, and others deal with the nuclear waste issue? - TAFKASE - 3/4/2008 2:56:01 PM
    - A very good question... - ER - 3/4/2008 4:48:21 PM
      - The transportation issue doesn't bother me as much as the safety/security of the reprocessing facility and waste products. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 2:54:55 PM
      - Balance again. - TB - 3/4/2008 5:34:42 PM
        
        congress has really dropped the ball on nuclear energy. - TAFKASE - 3/5/2008 3:00:58 PM
        
        Not just Congress. A lot of people did. (n/t) - TB - 3/5/2008 4:01:28 PM
  - re: Deconstructing a good article - TB - 3/2/2008 11:35:37 PM
    - Notes for another, dull, boring technical article. - ER - 3/3/2008 1:42:08 AM
      - re: Notes for another, dull, boring technical article. - gbaikie - 3/3/2008 9:53:59 AM
        
        Another (technically correct) but criminally misleading gloss. - ER - 3/3/2008 1:45:48 PM
        
        re: Another (technically correct) but criminally misleading gloss. - gbaikie - 3/3/2008 11:58:24 PM
        
        Balance - TB - 3/3/2008 4:20:49 PM
        
        It's not a binary decision. - ER - 3/3/2008 4:32:44 PM
        
        It's not the "cheap way." - TB - 3/3/2008 5:23:19 PM
        
        Bituminous dreams - ER - 3/3/2008 7:20:01 PM
      - Then we'd better get started. - TB - 3/3/2008 2:53:48 AM
        
        It's not the cube that counts - ER - 3/3/2008 3:14:34 AM
        
        Come to think of it, why did Jimmy Carter do it? - ER - 3/4/2008 7:47:11 PM
        
        re: why did Jimmy Carter do it? - TB - 3/4/2008 8:19:25 PM
        
        Good research. Good analysis. Good interpretation. - ER - 3/4/2008 8:40:46 PM

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