State to power plants: stop sucking in seawater

OC Register ^ | 5/4/10 | Pat Brennan

[NormsRevenge]

suck gin and tonic instead..

[Steely Tom]

Yeah. Just hold the heat in.

[mlocher]

The Water Board is trying to bring California’s coastal power plants in line with the Clean Water Act, which requires the best available technology to protect aquatic life.

Best available technology? Not the most cost-effective solution? No wonder we are going to h3ll in a handbasket. We are be driven by a bunch of rules written by folks who haven't a clue.

[Political Junkie Too]

What happens when these towers collapse in an earthquake? Piping water in from the ocean seems a lot safer for a nuclear plant.

-PJ

[karnage]

Idiots.

[KoRn]

They should simply cool the plants with Unicorn piss, and all will be well again!

[al baby]

I have fing had up to my neck with this crap wtf is going on the people in power are hell bent on destroying this country when will it be time to fight back and i mean fight its gonna happen

[mapmaker77]

I wonder what they’re planning to use instead?

[Rocky]

Power plant operators have said the new rules will greatly increase their costs.

Not really important to a true liberal.

[NormsRevenge]

The ‘GReen’ Revolution has a price tag.. a hefty one.

[ColdWater]

What happens when these towers collapse in an earthquake? Piping water in from the ocean seems a lot safer for a nuclear plant.

That cooling is not safety related. There is another, backup safety system to cool the plants in accidents.

[TruthConquers]

“The ‘Green’ Revolution has a price tag.. a hefty one,”... our country and our freedom.

[Frantzie]

Well they changed the rules in FL. This winter hundreds of manatees died of cold temps. The powerplants had to cool the water versus the past. In the past, the manatees headed for waters near the powerplants to keep warm.

[mowowie]

Yea we don’t want to get the water from the OCEANS or anything like that.

hook up to the city water, yeaaaa, thats the ticket.

[mowowie]

Yea, We need to protect the “aquatic life” because we know that huge input pipe is just to much strain on the aqutic life struggling to make it in our tiny oceans.

[mowowie]

“Power plant operators have said the new rules will greatly increase their costs.
Not really important to a true liberal. “

How dare you put a price on feeling good about ourselves!
Besides, we will all share the cost of saving those minnows.
Do you have a problem with that?

[mowowie]

I wonder if these people ever heard of fishing trawlers before.
Let’s hope not.

[rbg81]

Apparently, there’s a big shortage of ocean water. [/s]

[dila813]

I got a solution, just trap them in the intakes, then I will gather them up, prepare, cook, and distribute to the hungry and unemployed.

It sounds like a delicious problem to me.