Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 912
palegray.net writes "Wired is running a story on how Gwyneth Cravens, a former nuclear power protester has changed her views on nuclear power as a viable solution to the world's energy needs. Said Cravens: 'I used to think we surely could do better. We could have more wind farms and solar. But I then learned about base-load energy, and that there are three forms of it: fossil fuels, hydro and nuclear. In the United States, we're maxed out on hydro. That leaves fossil fuels and nuclear power, and most of the fossil fuel burned is coal.'"
Mutant Powah! (Score:4, Funny)
if protesting against nuclear power will give me a lifespan like that, i'll look for a placard right now
My First Time So Sorry (Score:5, Funny)
(*) technical ( ) legislative ( ) market-based ( ) vigilante
approach to solving a looming energy problem. Your idea will not work as the current situation stands. Here is why it won't work. (One or more of the following may apply to your particular idea, and it may have other flaws which used to vary from state to state or country to country before a bad federal or international law was passed.)
( ) It will be fought by entrenched fishing interests
(*) It will be fought by entrenched energy corporations
(*) It will succumb to NIMBY Syndrome
( ) Requires immediate total cooperation from everybody at once
( ) Technology doesn't work that way
(*) NIMBY Syndrome will prevent mass deployment
Specifically, your plan fails to account for:
(*) Extreme misunderstanding of the technology by the public
(*) A sensationalist press won't let mistakes die
( ) Idiots with boats
( ) International reluctance to engage in sweeping change
(*) Technically illiterate politicians
(*) Extreme stupidity on the part of people who vote
( ) A lack of support from famous Musicians and Actors
(*) Conflicting environmental interests
and the following philosophical objections may also apply:
(*) Meltdowns Suck!
(*) People have been trying for years to implement your solution and haven't succeeded
( ) The money could be better spent curing cancer
( ) Ideas similar to yours are easy to come up with, yet none have ever been shown practical
( ) Feel-good measures do nothing to solve the problem
(*) Your solution is expensive
(*) Your solution may be politically infeasible
( ) The money could be better spent implementing [other] solution
( ) It makes life harder, not easier
Furthermore, this is what I think about you:
(*) We're really close, but still no cigar. I agree with you're idea in general, so maybe one day in the distant future...
( ) Sorry dude, but I don't think it would work.
( ) This is a stupid idea, and you're a stupid person for suggesting it.
( ) Nice try, assh0le! I'm going to find out where you live and burn your house down!
Re:Vanadium Redox (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unfortunately... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Vanadium Redox (Score:3, Funny)
Pol Pot already tried this in the 70s. It didn't work, except it did reduce Cambodia's energy usage. And their population.
Re:Vanadium Redox (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Unfortunately... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:"Activitist?" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:My First Time So Sorry (Score:2, Funny)
You should probably check that one too.
Re:How many pro-nukes have 180'd? (Score:4, Funny)
Just wait until tomorrow, use some hydro to wake yourself up in the morning, and post when the sun is shining. Either that or spend 6 months at alternating polar regions.
- Hope this helps.
Combine thermal & wind = Solar Tower (Score:2, Funny)
And a message to you environmentalists, especially greenpeace which is a front for coal (they stop all nuclear options in the 70s/80s) and the result?
Doubling of coal usage.... bloody morons greenpeace are, they are Pro Coal, pollute the earth idiots with zero brains.
Re:My First Time So Sorry (Score:3, Funny)
It will be fought by entrenched fishing interests
Who wants to try to make this phrase the next Slashdot meme? I do.
Re:Which will still get people's panties in a knot (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Unfortunately... (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, solar cells and wind turbines descend fully formed from the womb of Gaia, ready to magically convert wind and solar to electricity until the end of time.
Re:Unfortunate (Score:3, Funny)
You get what you pay for.
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