ALthough we do have a limited source near here that doesn't use a dam (or rather a very small one) -- you can barely see the outlet from the generating station, right of the falls down below.
Posted on 10/23/2009 2:32:06 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Edited on 10/23/2009 7:01:36 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Hello Jim,
Since you've done what you've done to another reporter of mine when others seem to be allowed to post back to their blog or sites viablogger section, I've taken the liberty to gathering information about your website.
1. I've determined the need for all that money a month is invalid. I run a major website, and do not need that much.
2. You seem to be running the show, not a major building with staff.
3. Donations like this should be going elsewhere, needed, not into YOUR pockets.
4. I am having a press release written on FR, urging citizens to stop wasting their money on you, and to donate for a better cause, elsewhere.
5. I will not stop, unless the price is right. Yes, this is a bribe, because I will not screw you over had you not screwed me over. But it can change with swift talks.
6. You are not a true AMERICA LOVER.
7. Have a nice day, expect your vendors to pull out soon and your donations frozen.
Kevin Martin SCWXA.org Southern California Weather Authority.
Watch his FR statement on video here and see if you think this is a guy capable of satire. Your skepticism is healthy, but in this case we have a delusional, mentally ill borderline personality who appears ready to go fully psycho.
I’ve seen a lot of headlines on the global warming scam, and when push comes to shove, the only thing that is a fact is the bottom line. LOTS of people are lining their pockets with gullibility.
Interesting. I was going to ask about hydroelectric... then remembered about dam failures.
ALthough we do have a limited source near here that doesn't use a dam (or rather a very small one) -- you can barely see the outlet from the generating station, right of the falls down below.
I must be getting better. I am now just a little bit hungry.
But if you compare it similarly to other techniques, from wood-burning steam generators to hydro-electric dams, to the collection of gas for electrical generators, the danger aspects of other forms overwhelm any risk from uranium handling.
Here's an example from page 73, referring to radiation exposure:
Sources of Radiation Received by Average U.S. Citizen (Annual)If you lived right next door to the nuclear power plant, you'd probably be getting more radiation exposure from the concrete in that massive building than from the uranium inside it.
- Cosmic Rays. . . . . . . . 35
- Building Materials . . . . 35
- Food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
- Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- Own Blood (K-40). . . . 20
- Nuclear Power Plant. . . .003
- If lived next to. . . . . . . . 5
I’m sure I get a whole lot more just in the amount of time I spend sitting in airplanes.
Nuclear opponents seem to fall into two categories:
Those who fear the technology because they don’t understand it, and are reluctant to take the minimal steps to comprehension;
And those who recognize its potential all too well, and are reluctant to let human beings have untrammeled access to beneficial technology and economic power.
Neither group should be considered “leaders” or even be allowed to operate a bullhorn. Ignorance and laziness I understand, on a personal, visceral level ...
... but the tendency and desire to deliberately hold back your fellow humans, like the character “Dathan” played by Edward G. Robinson, the builder of the golden calf idol in “The Ten Commandments”, can only be something inherently evil.
And even breeder reactors -- c'mon, folks are operating these elsewhere in the world so holding back in the U.S. isn't really going to change the risk level. Let's extract all the energy we can (economically) and reduce the amount of final waste in the process. That's the green thing to do, if you will.
“Final Waste” is another interesting concept. Compare radioactive waste volume from a nuclear reactor for its entire life-cycle with the equivalent amount of fly ash from a coal-fired plant.
Beckmann gives a figure of 600 truckloads to be disposed of in some manner, (in another area, he describes this as the equivalent of an aspirin tablet’s worth for every citizen).
Compare that amount of waste to the coal-fired plant: 36,500 truckloads
Fly ash, on the other hand can be re-used, such as in concrete -- or at least the "green" manuals it's now part of my job to know suggest (my focus is in other areas). Though a quick read says it, too, may contain significant amounts of toxic material. Hm.
So. Bob. Where are we now? For some reason, the stars all look the same. Do I need to recharge the batteries in my solar positioning unit?
(Where’s Darks when I need him?)
DC, I feel slightly disoriented. Help me!!
I got scrambled by the experimental sporkifier.
I’m heading off for the night.
OHNO!!! Not the SPORKIFIER!!!! *GASP*
I’m so sorry!!
*thud*
Indeed it does. Coal combustion is a primary source of the release of mercury into the environment. Other things too.
Coal plants process a lot of material. Not all of it turns into something innocuous like carbon dioxide or water.
These and the safety of coal miners are the undocumented costs of not going nuclear.
It's true that some by-products of nuclear energy development are hazardous, but nothing that is not inherently contained during the production cycle. Material safety for nuclear byproducts is merely a matter of keeping it contained.
A four-year orbit in the Asteroid Belt makes for rather slowly changing constellations.
Since GPS systems don't work out here, we've temporarily set up some synthetic satellite devices to mimic the operation of Earth's Global Positioning Satellite service. The accuracy is not as good, and the system referenced rotates much more rapidly than good old Terra Firma, but your GPS device, if you have one, will be able to guide you about our three Habitats and the Thrust Ring.
Pay close attention to the height or altitude adjustments and readings. We have multiple levels in all our Habitats.
Also, as might be expected, we get anomalous results in the Lower Levels under the Flying Castle. You can't depend on GPS there, either. Sorry.
OMG, Darks, we hardly knew ye!
I don’t depend on GPS for my bearings.
The Imperial Weatherman is my compass on this venture. I trust you implicitly, so don’t hurt my tender little feelers, OK?
Feeling better?
(I hope!)
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