Comments on: Nuclear Reaction

By: Hart Granite

Hart Granite — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:17:17 +0000

Just out of interest, is the black-hole maker the particle accellerator thingy gonna be replicated and used to create energy in the future?

By: Nosemonkey

Nosemonkey — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:19:12 +0000

Well, that's had an impressively speedy effect. Curse you, McKeating. I want MORE radiation, damn it. I'll also be heading to Hove with the lynch-mob when we're all living in the cold and dark once you evil greenies have your way. So there. *shakes fist* Nosemonkey's latest blog post... EU news and views, 31st July

By: Charlieman

Charlieman — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:43:52 +0000

Nuclear power was almost impossible to defend from a liberal prospective during the 1980s and 1990s. The nuclear police force still has the authority to break into your home with a jokey warrant; the managers of UK nuclear power stations and recycling facilities regularly lied about problems.

I can accept nuclear power as a concept, so long as the providers subscribe to liberal values.

By: ejh

ejh — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:44:22 +0000

Moreover, there's enough radioactivity in Tim's last post to kill a straw man. ejh's latest blog post... But not today the struggle

By: Tim Worstall

Tim Worstall — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:04:20 +0000

Is radioactivity released from nuclear pants? Sure.
The interesting question though is not whether it is, but how much and compared to what?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_fuel_power_plant

“Coal also contains low levels of uranium, thorium, and other naturally-occurring radioactive isotopes whose release into the environment leads to radioactive contamination. While these substances are present as very small trace impurities, enough coal is burned that significant amounts of these substances are released. A 1,000 MW coal-burning power plant could release as much as 5.2 tons/year of uranium (containing 74 pounds of uranium-235) and 12.8 tons/year of thorium. The radioactive emission from this coal power plant is 100 times greater than a comparable nuclear power plant with the same electrical output; including processing output, the coal power plant’s radiation output is over 3 times greater.”

If nuclear power is going to kill us all because of radioactivity then we’d all already be dead from two centuries of coal burning.

Tim Worstall’s latest blog post… How Convenient.

By: Pickled Politics » So, who wants nuclear power then?

Pickled Politics » So, who wants nuclear power then? — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:56:13 +0000

[...] Nuclear Reaction. I contribute monthly to Greenpeace anyway, so happy to give it a plug. But his introductory post states this: With nuclear, not a day goes by without a jaw-dropping news item. The industry [...]

By: QuestionThat

QuestionThat — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:26:54 +0000

Huh?

By: ejh

ejh — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:05:57 +0000

However, Nuclear power does have something going for it - It works. Over 75% of France’s electricity is produced by nuclear power stations, that’s a demonstrable fact. It's a demonstrable fact, but it's not in itself conclusive evidence to support the statement which precedes it. ejh's latest blog post... But not today the struggle

By: QuestionThat

QuestionThat — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:55:13 +0000

Hahaha.

I think we all do that sometimes – say things which are true but not particularly meaningful if they support our argument.

However, it hardly rebuts his main point (regarding the practicality of replacing fossil fuels/nuclear with wind), which is the reason I linked to the post.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:43:17 +0000

Why would I trust a report written by Greenpeace any more than you would trust a report by, say, the Heritage Foundation?

Fair enough. In that case, why would I trust a blog post written by Devil’s Kitchen any more than you would trust a report by, say, the Beano?

His argument against windfarms starts with ‘these bastard things are built with massive government subsidies‘ which would suggest he’s not looked very far into how nuclear power stations are funded.