Re: Al Gore Gets Global Warming Science Right According To Experts

On 30 Jun 2006 14:57:02 -0700, "Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> chose to
bless us with the following wisdom:


Mayor of R'lyeh wrote:
On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 22:38:59 -0400, ZnU <znu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> chose to
bless us with the following wisdom:

In article
<gmgraves-6EAF2F.00360528062006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
George Graves <gmgraves@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <pan.2006.06.28.03.20.23.556980@xxxxxxxx>,
TheLetterK <non@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:40:52 +0000, Warchild wrote:

In article <ks2dnVCl0Z7bfTzZnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"John" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/06/27/gore.science.ap/index.html

Al Gore is not relaying a theory that he whipped up on his own. The
theory on the origin of global warming have been around for the past
fifty years.

More like 30-40. 50 years ago, they were more worried about global cooling.

The difference now is that we are now actually being
impacted by the consequences of global warming, and that even if we act
now, we will still be suffering for many decades to come. If we fail to
act, we will be suffering much worse.

The problem is that no one has a workable plan for doing anything useful.

That's because there is NO useful plan and even if there were one, it
would take decades to put into effect. The world simply cannot just stop
producing CO2. There is no technology or, indeed, set of technologies,
on earth that could be implemented quickly enough or thoroughly enough
to counter global warming IF it is caused by human activity. And if it's
not caused by human activity, there's nothing we can do but ride it out.

Nuclear power. It's reasonably cheap, we know how to do it, and unlike
solar or wind, it can be scaled up pretty much as far as you'd like.

And thanks to envirowhackos spreading lies about it 3/4 of the
population thinks a nuclear reactor is an A-bomb in a different form
and wants nothing to do with one.

Er, Mayor... a nuclear reactor *is* an A-bomb in "different form!"

Nuclear reactors cannot explode. They are not A-Bombs.

All you need for an atomic explosion is a big enough piece of uranium
to achieve critical mass. The first A-bombs worked by having a piece
of uranium missing from the main mass that was forcibly assembled to it
by a conventional explosive charge.

Actually the Gadget was an implosion type bomb as was Fat Man. Little
Boy was the only one of the first batch that was a gun type.
Which doesn't matter anyway. Nuclear reactors don't work like either
type.
Its a bit like saying that a patio block is the same thing as the
Collesium because they both have concrete in them.


The main reasons the public has soured on nuclear power are the problem
of disposing of spent fuel,

Yucca Mountain.

the hazards associated with mining and
storing new fuel, and the serious consequences of an accident at a
nuclear plant.

The worse nuclear accident in US history caused about three chest
X-rays worth of radiation to be released.
We don't build them as crappy as Chernobyl - never have and never
will- so invoking it is a non-starter.


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