Energy Solutions Question for CNN/YouTube Debate

[zomgFletch]

spamming = sign of desperation

[godscuttingyoudown]

I never said humanities understanding of this power is in question, but the responsibility to wield this power.

Remember Chernobyl, and don't give me that "but those were communists" argument. Study what really happened and you will learn political pressure was used to activate the 4th reactor without proper testing first, because politicians wanted their bonuses on their contracts if they delivered on time.

[TruthTaste]

Concerned about the environment? We already have the technology, go Nuclear, we are only using it for 30% of our electricity though.

[Resiroth]

ya...but what do we do with the barrels of waste? we can't bury them since they leak into the water. Where are they going to go? We can't ship it out to space, since if their is a malfunction we've essentially distributed nuclear waste everywhere. Solar seems like a good solution given the amount of free sunny area that we have access to.

[TruthTaste]

Yuka Mountain it is a very hot very dry environment, when we pull it out of the earth it is already radioactive, when we put it back in it is put in a remote place and we put the materials in lead containers, safer than when it was in the ground naturally, unsealed.

[godscuttingyoudown]

you know your kidding yourself, you want the same people that can't even keep oil from spilling to have the responsibility of packaging radioactive waste.

the 2007 man is a moderately evolve selfish creature that is only interested in his own ego and others around him that nurishes his ego. i would never trust a creature of this intelligent design with such a responsibility.

[TruthTaste]

Are you serious, lol, when we dig it up it is not sealed in drums it is just in the ground sometimes near water tables, after we are done with it we put the waste in hot arid places like Yuka Mountain where it is significantly less likely to get in water tables then it is as it occurs NATURALLY.

[godscuttingyoudown]

think about it; a capitalistic mentality lead to the disaster and now you want to import this kind of stupidity.

[godscuttingyoudown]

I never said humanities understanding of this power is in question, but the responsibility to wield this power.

Remember Chernobyl, and don't give me that "but those were communists" argument. Study what really happened and you will learn political pressure was used to activate the 4th reactor without proper testing first, because politicians wanted their bonuses on their contracts if they delivered on time.

[TruthTaste]

Chernobyl is a GREAT example of why we should demand QUALITY assurance OVERSEAS in plants that are not up to CODE, they where running experiments with UNDERQUALIFIED PERSONNEL, I am actually glad that you brought this up. Only America and a few European Unionites have the standards to run Nuclear Power properly.

[godscuttingyoudown]

i don't believe the problem is overseas, believe the problem is in our blood. every 100 years or so man discovers a new force in this universe, however it takes another 1000 years before man has the discipline to wield this power responsibly.

after 60 years of mostly using this power as a weapon i believe man is not ready to responsibly use nuclear energy.

[TruthTaste]

We shouldn't be scared of nuclear power, if you are scared about radiation, nuclear power plants emit less radiation into the air than COAL! Nuclear accidents are rare even in facilities across the world where they have significantly less standards and less qualified personnel.

[hggh22]

Nuclear is really expensive, and hurts the bottom line: tinyurl(DOT)com/2wasdu <-also

[TruthTaste]

If it really hurt our bottomline than why are businesses lining up WAITING FOR THE CALL TO START UP NEW PLANTS? lol, WAKE UP HIPPIE!