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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:44 PM Original message |
German Nuclear Plants May Get Reprieve With Merkel Re-Election |
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triple point (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nuclear power is the only feasible source for the planet's needs for the next 50 years. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's not true at all. |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 08:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Replace Frances 78% nuclear power by 2025 then, |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. You mean 14-18% |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:12 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Sp tell me what 78% of France's ELECTRICTY is going to be replaced with |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:23 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Renewables will work (no coal/no nukes) |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #29 |
39. exactly... |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You got nukes or prayers, pick one. |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. An argument made without evidence can be just as easily dismissed without evidence. n/t |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. IAEA, IPCC, and others |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
35. That's more like it. :) n/t |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:24 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. James Hansen, Al Gore, and someone who wants to put ice cubes in your hat |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. UCS, IEER, Greenpeace, and more Gore |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 04:07 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. McKinsey: U.S. can meet entire 2020 emissions target with just efficiency and cogeneration |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Evidence: www.radiation.org |
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triple point (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Oh, well gosh I just wasted a lot of money on college...I should have just asked you |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. Death Industry vs life industry: Nuclear power equals death industry |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. Wow..... |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Brian Wang of Next Big Future blog has an excellent analysis of why this is "good"... |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. After fission energy runs out, fusion had better work |
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DRoseDARs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-27-09 11:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. ...among other competing fusion technologies. Next Big Future I mentioned in #5 has covered the... |
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excess_3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:43 AM Response to Original message |
12. in a 1980 law, Sweden compelled nukes to close by 2000. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Every nuclear power plant emits deadly radionuclides that cause global death |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #17 |
20. That's why all sailors on nuclear subs die within 5-10 years... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Navy subs generally are safer than civilian plants and they release waste OUTSIDE the subs |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Seems like they should use.. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. They do but emissions into water and the atmosphere continue in both systems |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Actually.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. That is totally bullshit and an industry lie - I live in a nuclear plant "zone" |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. So does all of France... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. see my post #30 below: France's nukes are a dangerous disaster |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. France's cancer rates are well below that of the US. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Leukemia rates in children near nuclear power plants in Germany doubled |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Sounds like what we need is.... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. If childhood friends and family of yours died from Leukemia and brain/bone cancer as mine have |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I have... |
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triple point (108 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #20 |
43. I wish DU membership would require reading "Demon Haunted World" |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
19. More evidence (links) about the dangers and futility and deadliness of nukes here |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-29-09 05:37 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. Well, from your posts on this thread you should still be safe. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. It sure beats building new coal and natural gas plants, which Germany has been doing... |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. The radiation particulates emitted from nukes are different from coal |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #24 |
41. The mercury from coal plants is pretty horrific too. |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
30. France's Nuclear Model is a "Dangerous and Costly Illusion" |
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Liberation Angel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
32. Greenpeace" "The French Reactor: A Costly and Hazardous Obstacle to Climate Protection" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
40. did not mean to rec this.... |
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Altoid_Cyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. If the past is any indication, I'm still not sure that the nuclear industry is safe enough. |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Sep-28-09 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
45. I agree with the CDU on this. |
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