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imaloon1
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Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
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President McCains energy policy
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We could use Gen IV molten salt reactors for a lower cost and the usage of thorium which is 100x more abundant and when used inside a molten salt reactor is 99% used in the process while only having a half life of about a hundred years.
I like that they're building plants but it sucks that they're using old and busted technology to do so.
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theredkay1
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Registered: 2008-5-16 10:37:09
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Getting funding for the first production version of a new reactor is probably impossible.
Unless you want to get all socialist. 
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Groucho48
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Registered: 2003-10-22 03:00:14
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I have tried dipping into the morass of pro/anti nuclear power arguments. I don't get very far. Both the pros and the antis have arguments that sound good and most of the arguments really on complex and esoteric knowledge that I don't possess. A lot of the arguments come down to how to figure the actual costs of nuclear. The pros say it is pretty cheap, the antis say it is quite expensive.
Philosophically, I am more pro than anti but I do have the sense that both sides are very dishonest in their arguments.
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Ashmaele
Title: Pastor of Muppets
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Registered: 2002-1-15 08:30:50
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Sin_of_Onin posted:
Ashmaele posted:
The krauts are planning to shut all of their nuke plants down. What will they use to light their country I wonder?
Invade France?
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Date Posted:
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Taliesihne posted:
Both Obama and McCain supported Nuclear energy on the campaign trail.
McCain was more enthusiastic, but they both supported it.
I believe Obama was initially completely against nuclear power options, but grudgingly moved his position as it became more apparent that people were generally in favor of it in the theoretical sense (still nimby) and McCain was for it. McCain's interest in moving nuclear power forward was one of his better positions from my pov. I agree also that it will be sad if any new plans end up using outdated tech.
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