tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post286837187084002911..comments2024-03-05T14:03:08.208-06:00Comments on Bite and Smile with Joe Janes: I Believe...Joe Janeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858974237565248026noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-83032672755867440542008-09-25T23:11:00.000-05:002008-09-25T23:11:00.000-05:00My initial interested in nuclear energy as a viabl...My initial interested in nuclear energy as a viable resource was actually sparked from this article in GQ of all places:<BR/><BR/>http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_6424<BR/><BR/>I've gone on to further reading on many of the issues the article brings up, but I consider it an essential introduction and one of the best pieces of magazine journalism I've read on any subject.Paul Rekkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877967547670893967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-51180642887638622952008-09-25T21:04:00.000-05:002008-09-25T21:04:00.000-05:00Hey, Paul - What's your resource on the ability to...Hey, Paul - What's your resource on the ability to use nuclear waste and not have it be so wasteful? Not doubting you, just have never heard of being able to do anything with it but store it in barrels and cross one's fingers.Joe Janeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05858974237565248026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-14037745053795743102008-09-25T01:46:00.000-05:002008-09-25T01:46:00.000-05:00Many European countries mandate that nuclear waste...Many European countries mandate that nuclear waste be reused to mine further plutonium and lessen waste in one shot. In the U.S. this practice is not only not required, it is illegal. <BR/><BR/>And the mountain in the west is ready to go and has been for a while, but is also being held up by ridiculous amounts of red tape. It's one thing to leave it for our grandchildren to clean up, but to demand proof beyond a shadow of a doubt that in 10,000 years the effect of the waste will be less than measurable? How in the world to you even expect the experts to prove something like that?<BR/><BR/>And the Holocaust? Really? The largest amount of radiation measured in anyone involved in Three Mile Island was the equivalent of what you receive from three dental X-rays. And that was a meltdown of unbelievable circumstances. The island is a veritable Eden now, because no one's allowed there but Mother Nature, who's doing just fine. But you're right, it's quite similar to the wiping out of millions of people.Paul Rekkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877967547670893967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-44589620723651922132008-09-24T20:50:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:50:00.000-05:00yep lots of waste, sitting here at ground zero in ...yep lots of waste, sitting here at ground zero in plymouth. when they built the plant here the people were told the waste would be buried out west in a mountain, nope just buried here on the shoreline, why worry about it our great great great great great.............grandchildren can deal with it. media events? yeah and the holocaust was just a media event to.mark krausehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10217904623872059412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-14178081554003920422008-09-24T20:24:00.000-05:002008-09-24T20:24:00.000-05:00Um, yeah. The problem with nuclear energy isn't th...Um, yeah. The problem with nuclear energy isn't the pesky meltdowns. It's what to do with nuclear waste. They still don't have the answer, but we do have lots of waste.Joe Janeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05858974237565248026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153888337668314458.post-89576161968319155582008-09-24T13:46:00.000-05:002008-09-24T13:46:00.000-05:00In addition to alternative energy, the US needs to...In addition to alternative energy, the US needs to look at a massive restructuring in its approach to nuclear power. There are massive amounts of facilities and fuel that are ready to go and are sitting unused thanks to the red tape beaurocracy that has been enacted thanks to "disasters" that were no more than media events.<BR/><BR/>Combine wind and solar with nuclear and we are ready to go fossil-free today.Paul Rekkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877967547670893967noreply@blogger.com