'Iran to target US & Israel for killing nuke scientist'

[ghfloorman]

Years ago, Margolis, a former Republican, made some salient observations about the war-mongering manipulations of the US. Sadly, he has merely switched from the GOP warhorse to that of the Democrats. Like so many, he vainly believes the US is less underhanded and bloodthirsty under a Democratic president than under a Republican. He will be uniquely disappointed when Clinton/Obama bomb Iran before the November 2012 elections.

He should drop the partisanship for either side.

Peace!!

[TheHogTieChamp]

As is the convention here on YouTube, this video down-thumbed for misleading tags.

[fireball771]

What would happen if a nuclear Power plant was struck with a nuclear bomb?

The force of the actual explosion would depend entirely on the bomb. The material in the power plant would almost certainly not contribute to the force of the explosion in any way. Nuclear explosions are not merely a matter of achieving critical mass; the critical mass has to be maintained while the explosion takes place, which is not easy.

[fireball771]

The environmental damage done by the bomb would probably be worse than if it had gone off in some other place, because the radioactive material at the power plant would be scattered to some unpredictable extent.

Nuclear power plants are never, or nearly never, built in cities because of the possibility of accident. A nuclear bomb hitting a nuclear power plant would possibly cause fewer fatalities than a bomb hitting a city.

[fireball771]

I am tired Boys and Girls

All I have heard from you is photovoltaic and how it is intermittent and not as productive as a nuclear power plant. Crying about wind turbines and how costly they are, well you are right. But none of you have elaborated on a study of the life span of a photovoltaic panel or the ecological hazarded to wild life of a currently engineered wind turbine.

[fireball771]

No one has elaborated on use of hydrogen in an internal combustion engine that would require negligible modification, and could use photovoltaic and a appropriately engineered wind turbine to produce the hydrogen. Yes the sun and wind are intermittent, but on the other hand, hydrogen is a fuel that can be used to produce energy and have a means of producing harmless water without a carbon footprint.

[fireball771]

No one has brought up geothermal that has applications in many parts of the world, just look at what Iceland is doing with it, and how they are moving forward to a hydrogen fuel source for their transportation needs .Biomass is just one of the most productive of all the alternatives, we all produce it, cattle chicken pigs cats dogs plant mater you name it. We say that we process it in our waste disposal plants and it safe, but what are we dumping in our rivers oceans and atmosphere. 

[fireball771]

Methane a colorless odorless flammable gas that is the main constituent of natural gas, yes more energy. Hormones a chemical secreted by an endocrine gland or some nerve cells that regulate the function of a specific tissue or organ. Antibiotics a synthetic or naturally produced substance that kills or inactivates bacteria, but has no effect against viruses, used as a medication.

[fireball771]

And every drug you can think of. Harness the methane, clean up the rest, and use the by product as fertilizer, this may just put Monsanto and DuPont in a different mine set, as you all know they use petrochemical to produce fertilizers and pesticides. All this energy and what to do with it, well I say exploit it with a passion. Use all in conjunction with the weak and the strong and create balance. We are passengers on this small blue planet and none of us have a ticket off.

[fireball771]

'Political Science' by Randy Newman