[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Nuclear Power (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/11/2006 5:17:22 PM EDT
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As I see it, here are the arguements for an against Nuclear Power: FOR - Nuclear power is cheaper, cleaner and more efficient than coal and more readily available the hydro electric. AGAINST - Nuclear power will turn people in to mutants and make your children glow in the dark. So are you for or against nuclear power? |
| For the space it takes up, there aren't many alternative energy sources that will produce as much power consistently as nuclear power. Wind turbines don't work when there is no wind. Solar panels aren't very good at night or on cloudy days. Seriously, what else can meet the energy demands of the future? |
What about hydro-electric power? Niagra falls and the hoover damm sure provide tons of power, and there has been no 3mile island scare with those. of course you can't build those just anywhere.  btw, I am for Nuke power.... |
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For, with the caveat that a better plan for storing and securing waste be devolved. Yucca mountain looks good on paper, but every other piece of news I read about it is negitive. Also, Nuclear power is no magic bullet. It could certainly satisfy a huge portion of our energy needs, but there has to be room for alternatives where they make sense. I suppose Vermont's 'cow power' initiative is a good example. A large portion of Vermont's power needs are met by nuclear, but consumers now have the choice to use power derived methane derived from cow manure at a small premium. -Local |
You realize that much of the waste that is being cleaned up now (like at the Hanford Site) was a result of the processing to produce weapons grade material. With fuel reprocessing the waste produced is no where near what was made to get the material for bombs. Besides they need to build more reactors so I have projects to be an engineer on once Hanford is cleaned up! |
Hydro-electric power are not 100% secure, the damn can collaps. Besides, it looks ugly when water falls are removed. Go nuclear. |
That's a fact, but the pansy tree huggers won't ever let it happen. Not to mention the hand wringing NIMBY assholes in NV that won't let the waste be stored there. |
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I think that we should continue to develop renewable resources for power. In the long (long, long) run it will be cheaper and more reliable for us. Right now, we need to use what we have available, that means Nukes. Maybe we can find a way to turn the waste into some kind of other energy. |
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4! eta: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France In France, as of 2002, EDF - the country's main electricity generation and distribution company - produces about 78% of its electricity with 58 nuclear power plants (making it the leading world country in its usage of nuclear power). |
You answered your own question. BTW, there have been more dam and levy collapses resulting in fatalities than have there been nuclear incidents. |
you live in a country where the media outlets have but one agenda: left-wing extremism. |
You're not an engineer are you? Reason I ask is that take a look at the power a nuke can provide, then calculate so-called "renewable" resources and see how much you need to make up for it. Start with one GW, how many solar panels does it take? Also, the already can turn the "waste" into energy. It's called reprocessing. Japs, French, Euros do it, but we won't, not can't, won't. Why? Environazi's. For "waste worriers": All the so-called waste generated by all commerical nukes in the USA in the last 40 years, if stored in one place, would fit in one football field, about 5 1/2 feet high. Another example: Brown's Ferry Nuke plant, about 10 miles west of where I'm sitting and where my next door neighbor works, stores 100% of it's "waste" in pools that are on-site. They are no where near at capacity. Plus, in the future, they're going to the dry casket storage method. Bottom line, no real need for Yucca Mountain. Plus, if we'd just reprocess it, problem solved. Merlin |
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I'm a NIMBY. I'm for it as long as all waste is kept in-state. I'm tired of companies and legislators trying to dump YOUR waste in MY state. So, you get cheap energy and the next earthquake that hits the Wasatch Front and I'M the one that gets radiation poisoning?!? 
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