tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post4872140799876072875..comments2023-10-06T10:17:06.737-04:00Comments on Thou and Thou Only: Can't Get Something For NothingHarmonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-14072462996360794292007-03-16T11:40:00.000-04:002007-03-16T11:40:00.000-04:00Please excuse the bad grammar. I wrote that much t...Please excuse the bad grammar. I wrote that much too quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-1924183353755908152007-03-16T11:38:00.000-04:002007-03-16T11:38:00.000-04:00"Another problem with using nuclear power is that ..."Another problem with using nuclear power is that (to my knowledge) every country that starts a nuclear weapons program begins it under the guise of researching it for peaceful energy usage. Who wants to open that can of worms? And wouldn't countries like Iran and North Korea find it all too hypocritical if *we* were allowed to use nuclear energy, but they were not? Not that they don't already see us in that way..."<BR/><BR/>My understanding is that there are ways to pruduce nuclear energy that does not produce wepons quality byproducts. One of those is what is known as a pebble bed reactor. I'm not a nuclear scientist so i do not know all of the details, but I have a friend who is. He says that Pebblbed reactors are not the best but they do not create problematic waste like other reactors because the fissionable material is encased in a graphite "pebble" that makes the disposal much easier.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37491865.post-38362955149805585492007-03-16T09:21:00.000-04:002007-03-16T09:21:00.000-04:00Another problem with using nuclear power is that (...Another problem with using nuclear power is that (to my knowledge) every country that starts a nuclear weapons program begins it under the guise of researching it for peaceful energy usage. Who wants to open that can of worms? And wouldn't countries like Iran and North Korea find it all too hypocritical if *we* were allowed to use nuclear energy, but they were not? Not that they don't already see us in that way...<BR/><BR/>But if you ignore the weapons aspect of it (and if you find a way to take care of the waste safely), nuclear is the "cleanest" of all the energy sources.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and by the way, the biggest users BY FAR of fossil fuels are the plastics and polymer industry (I studied this in college). Using alternatives for your house and car will hardly make a dent, even if everyone else did the same. So now you have to make people stop buying plastics. Which means we need to find another way of packaging food and other consumer items. And we need to find other ways of making packing peanuts, coats, windows (many windows today are made with plastic rather than glass), insulation in your house, pianos (would we really like to go back to elephant ivory?), computers, cars (which are FULL of polymers, inside and out), and the list just goes on and on. Take a look some time at everything around you that involves plastic. Eliminating them would mean a complete change in our way of life, no doubt about it.Harmonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105846442509828835noreply@blogger.com