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To: meatloaf; nuconvert; freedom44

I do hate the regime and I do not want them having a nuke bomb. But I think Nuclear energy to produce electricity is the right of Iranian people.


45 posted on 08/30/2004 11:19:02 PM PDT by Khashayar (Learn Geography!)
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To: Khashayar
Nuclear energy to produce electricity is the right of Iranian people.

3,000 people in America had a lot more right to stay alive on September 11, 2001, than Iranians have a right to build a nuclear power plant.

Whether you realize this or not, your leaders had a hand in helping those who perpetrated the evil murder of so many of our citizens and foreign visitors on that day.

You will be very lucky indeed if the only price your country pays is the loss of a nuclear plant you don't need.

You've been sold a lie that you need this plant. You have enough oil to generate electricity for many lifetimes. I agree it's stupid of the world to burn organic chemical compounds for energy when they can be used to create many fabulous things instead, but the answer to that is solar power satellites, not nuclear power plants.

Perhaps after your fascist leaders are gone, we can discuss this again. But right now, we are at war with all regimes that sponsor terror against us. That means we are at war with Iran.

47 posted on 08/31/2004 2:37:02 AM PDT by patriciaruth (They are all Mike Spanns)
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To: Khashayar

Khashayer, there's a reason why a combined cycle combustion turbine power plants have taken the lead. They run on natural gas which Iran has in tremendous quantities. They produce little pollution. They take about two years to start producing electricty after breaking ground. They also require a much smaller staff than a nuke plant. Typically less than 10 people.

Add to that a combustion turbine can be started remotely when needed for added power and it can operated as a base load plant. A nuke can't be turned off and on. It must be run as base load plant. Each start and shutdown decreases the life of a reactor vessel.

Combustion turbines are also much cheaper to build. All of the components are prepackaged. Once the structure is built the packages are installed. Then the electrical, piping and instrumentation is connected and it's done. You also don't have the extensive start-up testing required for a nuke plant which can take years.


49 posted on 08/31/2004 11:15:44 AM PDT by meatloaf
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