what an idiot

[JS]

The president of this kook organization "Nuclear Age Peace Foundation", Dr. David Krieger, isn't a scientist and has no engineering or science background whatsoever. He's a lawyer, a judge pro tem (i.e., fake judge) for Santa Barbara Superior Court, and has advanced degrees in political science.

ROFL 😀

 

[Cosworth]

Fine with me.



You got this drivel from wagingpeace.org? Ha ha ha ha ha!!!! Try using a reputable source and get back to me.

What part of this is factually incorrect?

Nuclear waste is produced in many different ways. There are wastes produced in the reactor core, wastes created as a result of radioactive contamination, and wastes produced as a byproduct of uranium mining, refining, and enrichment. The vast majority of radiation in nuclear waste is given off from spent fuel rods.
* A typical reactor will generate 20 to 30 tons of high-level nuclear waste annually. There is no known way to safely dispose of this waste, which remains dangerously radioactive until it naturally decays.
* The rate of decay of a radioactive isotope is called its half-life, the time in which half the initial amount of atoms present takes to decay. The half-life of Plutonium-239, one particularly lethal component of nuclear waste, is 24,000 years.
* The hazardous life of a radioactive element (the length of time that must elapse before the material is considered safe) is at least 10 half-lives. Therefore, Plutonium-239 will remain hazardous for at least 240,000 years.
* There is a current proposal to dump nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
o The plan is for Yucca Mountain to hold all of the high level nuclear waste ever produced from every nuclear power plant in the US. However, that would completely fill up the site and not account for future waste.

 

[Bob Owens]

Do you know of any that aren't fossil fuels?

Hydrogen, the most plentiful element in the universe. Burn it and you get pure water. Easier to produce than oil, just run electricity through water, and you never have to worry about running out because you could even use polluted water. I know, the energy used to create it can be more than what you net but if you are using Solar, wind, water or geothermal the source is eternal and free.

That would be nice, but hippies don't like nuclear power, the only energy source that is both reliable and clean. It's not possible to generate all our electricity with non-nuke green energy.

Nuclear has to wait till the generation that witnessed Chernobyl is gone. And I dont think the feelings against Nuclear is confined to hippies. The key is not just production but conservation, hopefully through efficiency.

What is Toyota using to produce hybrids? Place mats? Toyota has employees as well but they aren't choked by archaic work rules and benefits that cost more than buying a small country.

How much less does Toyota pay their workers?

 

[JS]

What part of this is factually incorrect?

I'm not doing your homework for you. Cite a reputable source.

 

[JS]

Hydrogen, the most plentiful element in the universe. Burn it and you get pure water. Easier to produce than oil, just run electricity through water, and you never have to worry about running out because you could even use polluted water. I know, the energy used to create it can be more than what you net but if you are using Solar, wind, water or geothermal the source is eternal and free.

Do you really believe the crap you write? Trying buying a windmill or solar cells for zero dollars.

Nuclear has to wait till the generation that witnessed Chernobyl is gone.

You think that Chernobyl will disappear from the vocabulary of hippies just because they were born afterwards? There will always be idiots who believe alarmist propoganda; it's human nature.

And I dont think the feelings against Nuclear is confined to hippies.

Morons? Idiots? They're all kind of the same thing, and I'm not interested in discussing the specifics of exactly what a "hippie" is.

The key is not just production but conservation, hopefully through efficiency.

The key to what? Stupidity? Starvation?

How much less does Toyota pay their workers?

Who cares? They produce quality cars and the company makes money.

 

[tech2101]

Do you know of any that aren't fossil fuels?

Look here.

Boeing estimates that supplying the aviation industry with algae-based fuel would require just 35 square kilometers of ponds and that the algae could even be cultivated in salt water.

GE Aviation said the test plane would be configured with one of its CF6 engines, which would not require any modifications to burn biofuel. The new fuel would also have no effect on the engine's performance or range, the company said. Boeing says its 747-400s are capable of flying 7,260 nautical miles, or 13,450 kilometers.

 

[delldude]

o The plan is for Yucca Mountain to hold all of the high level nuclear waste ever produced from every nuclear power plant in the US. However, that would completely fill up the site and not account for future waste.
o Transporting the wastes by truck and rail would be extremely dangerous.
o For a more detailed analysis of the problems of and risks incurred by the plan, see Top Ten Reasons to Oppose the DoE’s Yucca Mountain Plan

Hate to ruin your day but the plan is doing well.
I interviewed to do NDE here for the company who makes the casks that are shipped with spent nuclear waste via rail to Yucca and they have years worth of orders.

 

[JS]

Look here.

Any particular reason why you left this part out?

The airline, founded by the British billionaire Richard Branson, said a 747-400 plane would make the journey lasting one hour and 20 minutes from London Heathrow Airport to Amsterdam in late February using 20 percent biofuel and 80 percent conventional jet fuel.

 

[Cosworth]

I'm not doing your homework for you. Cite a reputable source.

I guess that means you could not find anything huh?

 

[Bob Owens]

Do you really believe the crap you write? Trying buying a windmill or solar cells for zero dollars.

You know at one time people much like yourself thought that petroleum would never replace whale oil, petroleum was too hard to extract and too expensive. "Cap those dirty wells, we have to find more Whales!"

Of course you would have to lay out money for the cells and windmills, and you would have to maintain them, just like you do with fossil fuel burning generators but the energy source which is converted into electricity is free and limitless. The problem with oil is its finite, it produces harmful emissions(if you dont believe go park your running car in the garage with the door closed and take a nap) and we use more than we can produce within our borders. Look if God provides us the wind and the light and we can use that instead of waging war in other parts of the world to gain control of their oil isnt that the moral thing to do? Doesnt it also make sense for the long haul?

You think that Chernobyl will disappear from the vocabulary of hippies just because they were born afterwards? There will always be idiots who believe alarmist propoganda; it's human nature.

Human nature is usually to become complacent, if you work in this industry you should know that. Complacency is one of the "Human factors" that airline workers are trained to avoid.

Morons? Idiots? They're all kind of the same thing, and I'm not interested in discussing the specifics of exactly what a "hippie" is.

You dont seem to really want to discuss anything, just rant.

The key to what? Stupidity? Starvation?

The key to becoming Energy independant so we dont have to be "the policeman of the world"-remember that Republican campaign pitch? Even your President says we are hooked on oil and have to do something about it.

Who cares? They produce quality cars and the company makes money.

You brought it up. You said that Toyota has favorable labor costs and workrules, well how do they compare? I',m not saying you are wrong, I'm merely asking you to back up what you are claiming.

 

[tech2101]

Any particular reason why you left this part out?

Did you bother to actually read the entire article?

The airline, founded by the British billionaire Richard Branson, said a 747-400 plane would make the journey lasting one hour and 20 minutes from London Heathrow Airport to Amsterdam in late February using 20 percent biofuel and 80 percent conventional jet fuel.

You pointed out the quote that talked about the test flight. How long have been around aviation? In your world, they would just go for broke and fuel it up with 100% untested fuel. Maybe you should be the test pilot?

You act as if you really do not want this to happen, as long as it furthers your political agenda. :unsure:

Let me include the portion from Boeing and GE again about the future of this technology. (Not that they carry any credibility with you...)

Boeing estimates that supplying the aviation industry with algae-based fuel would require just 35 square kilometers of ponds and that the algae could even be cultivated in salt water.

GE Aviation said the test plane would be configured with one of its CF6 engines, which would not require any modifications to burn biofuel. The new fuel would also have no effect on the engine's performance or range, the company said. Boeing says its 747-400s are capable of flying 7,260 nautical miles, or 13,450 kilometers.

 

[eolesen]

Toyota's workers don't necessarily earn less than their GM counterparts, but there's no comparison when you look at the legacy of contracts past.

What's produced such a cost disadvantage for GM vs. other manufacturers are clauses like medical being funded at 100% for actives and retirees, and the "30 & out" clause which results in 48 year old retirees (whose full load for medical benefits has to be floated for 14 years until they're eligible for Medicare). At one point, there were more retirees than actives in GM's health plan.

Toyota's been building cars in the US for about 30 years, so they've had retirees as well. They just didn't get as rich of a deal that the Legacy Three provided for so long.

 

[delldude]

Look here.

35 square klicks to supply aviation fuel...I think that's off the mark......that's one heckuva lot of algae amoeba's working 24/7...I'm sure IAM will attempt to unionize them

 

[tech2101]

35 square klicks to supply aviation fuel...I think that's off the mark......that's one heckuva lot of algae amoeba's working 24/7...I'm sure IAM will attempt to unionize them

The algae will make the international leadership look stupid...

The IAM will never organize free thinkers like algae...

 

[lpbrian]

Airplanes can pretty much run on any liquid or gas that burns so "alternatives" are not forever out of the question for airplanes.

Bush wants to give away public lands, our property, to private industry. We cant, nor should we really want to try and drill our way out of this. We have to try and get away from fossil fuels where other means can be used. The enviormental costs are too high, not just in Global warming but also pollution in general. We should try and pass on a cleaner world to our children.

Currently, when it comes to transportation there isnt any other fuel source out there that delivers the same bang as fossil fuels so other than efficiency gains we arent likely to see a whole lot of progress there in the near term. However when it comes to generating electricity which can be transported long distances over wires its another story. All our electricity should be produced by "green" methods. When solar or wind produces surplus electricity it should be used to create hydrogen, which can then be stored and shipped, when hydrogen is burned it produces pure water. While the production of hydrogen is not energy efficient, as a means of storing energy that would otherwise be completely wasted it makes sense.

Reducing our dependance on oil makes sense in so many ways, Enviornmentally it would reduce pollution, economically it would introduce competition into the energy market, strategically it would reduce our dependance on the products of nations who are hostile to our way of life.

I dont think the "greens" were rejoicing the fact that workers lost their jobs. I think they welcome the demise of fuel guzzling SUVS but would prefer that they kept those workers and had them produce hybrids to help get the older fuel guzzling polluters off the road faster.

The greens are most certianly more on our side than Bush and the oil industry.

Wrongo! Airplanes will not run natural gas, corn syrup or anything else out there. Aiplanes run on OIL. Black gold, Texas tea, Saudi soda, Kuwait kool-aid. Or any "alternatives" out there. Your energy theories are pure science fiction, born out of cynicism than logic.