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- Medical reform battle may presage energy legislation
- Montana is an energy producing state......just like the US as a whole. No one is arguing that we should ignore alternative energy sources, just that we cannot afford to kill our economy trying to make the switch. Coal, oil, and NG can meet our needs now while we...
- Tags: Nuclear Fission
- Discussion threads 2009-09-11
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- Large Hadron Collider to restart in November
- That sure is one heck of a COIL.I'd like to be there when they fire it off. Nothing better than cutting EDGE. BLEED!Detector That is actually a detector not a coil....RE: Large Hadron Collider to restart in Novemberwill it cure cancer, solve world hunger, clean the oceans, ready set...
- Tags: Short-sighted people, CERN
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Nuclear recycling--a thing of the past?
- Nuclear recycling--a thing of the past?Nuclear power is our ONLY long-term source of powerWhen it comes down to it that is reasonably 'inexhaustible' and 'able to meet our energy demands'.Sure, we should be cutting down or trying to cut down on the amount of energy that we are using.... but...
- Tags: uranium, nuclear energy, recycling
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- Coal: more on the fall-out
- Coal: more on the fall-outCoal is not perfect......but right now it is what we have. I used to live down there in SW Colorado, and have seen first hand the effects of living near large coal fired power plants. I used to fish in those lakes, until the...
- Tags: breeder
- Discussion threads 2009-06-25
- Green boom busted?
- Green boom busted?Silly thing about investorsThey want a guarantee of a return. And unfortunately this alternative energy thing is a tough nut to crack. The only forms of energy that seem to work reliably and cheaply other than burning things are wind, which is still not so reliable because the...
- Tags: Taxes, Personal finance, Right Now IT, alternative energy, tax
- Discussion threads 2009-06-04
- Fusion, or confusion?
- Laser chamber. National Ignition Facility, Livermore. An MSM columnist seems to be touting fusion as a future cure for our energy problems. Turning mass into energy. E=mc2. Fusion powers the planet as it does our Sun. Nirvana for all except the oil...
- Tags: Fusion, Wiki, Online Communications, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?
- Rail--even more controversial than nuclear?Sorry HarryYou're in the wrong place if you expect reasonable discussion based on facts. The majority of responders here start from ideology, not facts.Nuclear fission, of course, is still the same ideology that got us here in the first place. Use a scarce, incredibly...
- Tags: ideology, car, bus system
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- The coal war heats up
- The coal war heats upA problemA problem with the green initiatives is that they do not account for the environmental damage companies outside the US do while producing their products. It's easy to pick on the local guys because their processes are visible. This in turn creates an unlevel playing...
- Tags: coal, gasoline, USSR Russia
- Discussion threads 2009-02-15
- Nuclear fusion as future power source
- Nuclear fusion as future power sourceok, so the radio waves allow them to control the plasma.. butdoes it allow the fusion reactor to actually produce more energy than it takes to run?Not quite accurateFusion reactors are not emissions free. They produce hard neutron radiation during operation. Some of this can...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Fusion Reactor, fusion reaction, Nuclear Fusion, hydrogen
- Discussion threads 2008-12-04
- Russia, Georgia and NASA
- Russia, Georgia and NASASelf reliance is a good thingLet's be really glad we're not dependent on Russia for more important things... and yes, I do think that foreign countries should be wary of over-dependence on the US works both ways.I think Bill Nelson has done a good job over the...
- Tags: Self-Reliance, COTS, SpaceX, Orbital, NASA
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaks
- Nuclear renaissance has sprung a leak, or several leaksWe certainly do know what to do with the waste.The waste from fission reactors can be reprocessed to recover unused fuel, while the rest can be condensed and stored. We have a waste repository waiting in Nevada (you know, the place...
- Tags: leak, renaissance, nuclear energy, Nuclear renaissance, Nuclear Waste
- Discussion threads 2008-08-10
- This could be a window to our solar future
- This could be a window to our solar futureVenture CapitalistsA good chunk of the new energy science comes out of our universities and national labs. It's pretty common to see a team of professors and grad students come up with something hot and spin it off into company funded...
- Tags: kW, solar future, solar energy, venture capital, window
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubed
- Big Day for Big Oil, and Way to Future Profits Seems Well-lubedFusionYes, the sad thing is that the only technology that could solve the energy question forever is getting little attention. In the past few years, the entire world (US, Europe, Japan,...) came up with a mere $15 billion total...
- Tags: Investment, OIL PRICES, Nuclear-Fusion, Big Oil, Big Day, Future Profits Seems Well-lubed, oil company, profit margin
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power business
- Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power businessHah. Fat chance.Americans have been programmed to think nuclear radiation is the most toxic material on the planet.RE: Toshiba to open up U.S. nuclear-power businessOne mention of the words 'Nuclear Power' and everyone freaks out. They immediately link it to nuclear fission, which...
- Tags: Toshiba Corp., nuclear-power business, reactor, nuclear energy
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- The fatal flaw for green-tech companies
- The fatal flaw for green-tech companiesThat's sillyGreen energy isn't doomed in the same way energy in general isn't doomed. Just because hydroelectric power isn't sexy doesn't mean they're going under. Your argument is so silly it's hard to even respond to it.I always look for a point...in articles that appear...
- Tags: Internet Geeks, green-tech company, fatal flaw, flaw, fossil fuel
- Discussion threads 2008-02-05
- From eco-warrior to nuclear champion
- From eco-warrior to nuclear championNuclear waste hysteriaIs probably the biggest challenge facing nuclear power. And it all stems from the fact that people have been misled into thinking radiation is more dangerous than it is.The really long-term radioactive stuff is so low-level, it's more dangerous to live in North Dakota.Waste...
- Tags: Waste Disposal, nuclear energy, Greenpeace, nuclear champion
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usual
- No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usualNuclear water useAs a pro-nuclear blogger working at Idaho Samizdat http://djysrv.blogspot.com, I get the question all the time about water use. It's important to note you walked into a current controversy over water use by...
- Tags: Blogging, NEI, blogosphere, nuclear plant, fission
- Discussion threads 2008-01-26
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious myth
- We are seeing the death of nuclear power's precious mythHey there chicken little....>>Oh, and those dependable nuclear plants can't use abundant salt water.the sky is falling... no really... the sky is falling....Wiki "De-desalinization Plants". Plenty of abundant water for Nuclear facilities that way... And nuc energy can supply...
- Tags: Jane Fonda Mind-set, precious myth, nuclear energy, Nuclear Plant, nuclear plant
- Discussion threads 2008-01-23
- A Manhattan Project to bust up OPEC
- A Manhattan Project to bust up OPECHow do you get to work and shopping?Walk? Ride the bus or subway? Writers always seem to think that raising the gas tax will solve all our problems. First, no matter what the government would say about a new tax on gas,...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, nuclear energy, OPEC, Manhattan Project, tax
- Discussion threads 2007-11-30
- Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project
- Full steam ahead for Nevada solar projectIn comparisonYou can put a Nuclear plant anywhere, on 1/10th the land and provide 100 times the electrical output.Sometimes I really think humans are more closely related to lemmings than any other primate.they must be hiding this very wellI've been driving back and forth...
- Tags: Wind-Power, Nothing
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
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