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Your numbers about mortality are interesting, but you are not saying a word about the long-term pollution issues of nuclear. It's not like anybody is going to m

Your numbers about mortality are interesting, but you are not saying a word about the long-term pollution issues of nuclear. It's not like anybody is going to move in next to a meltdown site anytime soon. Edit: I'd like to see some sources for your claims wrt the footprint of renewables, I haven't been able to find anything which supports your position.

outworlder 12y ago
Meltdown is a strawman. It is no longer an issue in newer nuclear reactor designs.
TheSpiceIsLife 12y ago
See my reference from my first comment http://bravenewclimate.com/?s=TCASE http://bravenewclimate.com/?s=TCASE The Thinking Critically About Sustainable Energy series from bravenewclimate.com - TCASE 4 [1] in particular. It references this [2] document form The University of Sydney for wind, and this one [3] for solar. TCASE 5 [4] looks wave power, and TCASE 7 [5] investigates scaling up Andasol 1 to baseload. I also recommend reading the comments sections of those blog posts, there's some good quality discussion there. The "nuclear is bad beacuse meltdown" and "nuclear is bad beacuse bombs" tropes have been dealt with extensively elsewhere. Both are hyped up FUD. We're still waiting for Godzilla, or some green-glowing-three-eyed-monster to appear. 1. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/18/tcase4/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/18/tcase4/ 2. http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nuclear_Report.pdf http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nu... 3. http://www.needs-project.org/docs/results/RS1a/RS1a%20D12.2%20Final%20report%20concentrating%20solar%20thermal%20power%20plants.pdf http://www.needs-project.org/docs/results/RS1a/RS1a%20D12.2%... 4. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/25/tcase5/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/25/tcase5/ 5. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/12/06/tcase7/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/12/06/tcase7/
- mercurial 12y ago
  Thank you.

outworlder 12y ago

Meltdown is a strawman. It is no longer an issue in newer nuclear reactor designs.

TheSpiceIsLife 12y ago

See my reference from my first comment http://bravenewclimate.com/?s=TCASE http://bravenewclimate.com/?s=TCASE The Thinking Critically About Sustainable Energy series from bravenewclimate.com - TCASE 4 [1] in particular. It references this [2] document form The University of Sydney for wind, and this one [3] for solar. TCASE 5 [4] looks wave power, and TCASE 7 [5] investigates scaling up Andasol 1 to baseload. I also recommend reading the comments sections of those blog posts, there's some good quality discussion there. The "nuclear is bad beacuse meltdown" and "nuclear is bad beacuse bombs" tropes have been dealt with extensively elsewhere. Both are hyped up FUD. We're still waiting for Godzilla, or some green-glowing-three-eyed-monster to appear. 1. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/18/tcase4/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/18/tcase4/ 2. http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nuclear_Report.pdf http://www.isa.org.usyd.edu.au/publications/documents/ISA_Nu... 3. http://www.needs-project.org/docs/results/RS1a/RS1a%20D12.2%20Final%20report%20concentrating%20solar%20thermal%20power%20plants.pdf http://www.needs-project.org/docs/results/RS1a/RS1a%20D12.2%... 4. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/25/tcase5/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/10/25/tcase5/ 5. http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/12/06/tcase7/ http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/12/06/tcase7/

mercurial 12y ago
Thank you.