On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 3:48 PM, spudboy100 via Everything List < everything-list@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> I am saying that I don't know if uranium fission can be made safer, and > cheaper. I also think that part of the cost is waste management. I think > that natural gas, solar and wind (with Storage) may now be the past of > least resistance. Fair enough. I don't know either, I just have the impression that a lot of people who protest nuclear power (and influence political decisions) also don't know. Telmo. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Telmo Menezes <te...@telmomenezes.com> > To: everything-list <everything-list@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 5:24 pm > Subject: Re: TEPCO admits Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 core completely melted > down > > > > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 10:08 PM, meekerdb <meeke...@verizon.net> wrote: > >> On 3/21/2015 9:05 AM, spudboy100 via Everything List wrote: >> >> We can yap about technology but it's all out of our hands. Nuclear >> fission has taken permanent hit because of its cost$. It's not safety that >> halted uranium, but money. In a darwinian fashion, natural gas has >> superseded uranium, from a cost-price ratio. Could fission or solar >> re-take the hill top any time soon? Will fusion ever be there? Don't know, >> and since I have no power to influence, don't care. >> >> >> That's because fossil fuels don't pay for the environmental damage they >> do >> > > The problem I have with this argument is that it assumes that either: > > a) there is some straightforward way of converting money into > environmental damage mitigation, or > b) that the disincentive introduced by making fossil fuels less lucrative > would lead to their replacement with cleaner technologies. > > >> and because the exaggerated fear of radiation drives up the cost of >> nuclear power. >> > > From my limited knowledge nuclear power seems to be the best shot at b). > I tend to agree with JCK that Fukushima can be taken as a reason to trust > nuclear power more: a perfect storm of natural disasters struck a nuclear > power plan based on old technology and still nobody died. But Chris claim > that the tragic effects may only be detectable in the long term also seems > reasonable. > > Telmo. > > >> >> Brent >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
