Re: Nuclear Power - the only answer.

In message <1133149277.073394.225530@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, septicdoodledandy@xxxxxxxxxxx writes 

Deirdre wrote:

And you don't really even need to hit the
actual population to cause panic...hitting
them as a secondary effect is also a pos-
sibility...it's a grim one indeed since the
human race rarely acts noble under stress


Ah, you have unwittingly said something wise. Quite surprising.

Panic is what will get us in the end. Not the danger itself but the
panic induced by perceived danger. Panic over yellow cake and panic
over contagion. Ill-preparedness and panic. As long as loose
fissionable materials can cause the level of panic it takes to lead a
country to war there is no way it should be endorsed because it cannot
be safeguarded effectively. The stuff will get out and people will play
their games with it and with the idea of it getting out. For nuclear
power to really be safe you would need to change human nature. Good
luck with that. Let me know how it works out for you (big thumbs up).


This is what I mean by you can't debate
this topic with laymen...they don't know
what they're talking about, can't be a*sed
to do any real research and won't listen to
anything which contradicts what they want
to believe.


You know what? I would like for you to be right Deirdre because it
might make you a happier person. Sadly we'll never know. It would be
really great if nuclear power were safe. Potentially it could be but it
never will be because humans are unfortunately involved in the
equation. It would be really great if people did not try to play power
games with the by products of nuclear power generation but sadly they
do and because they do it will never really be safe or seen as safe
which amounts to the same thing in the end. If it can be misused or
abused either physically or politically then people will try it on.
They have certainly done so with other power sources and you can
absolutely point at both petrochemicals and the threat of nuclear
weapons as reasons for the current conflicr in Iraq. So...given that
humans are part of the equation I think something else will have to be
arrived at. So throw your little hands up at the stupid humans but they
are running the place. It must frustrate you Ubermenschen no end.

But thanks for playing. Perhaps a door prize can be arranged for both
Bob and Deirdre.

Septic 

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You know not with whom you joust... 



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