Dancing mortgage people ate my brain
Bob Morris @ Jan 21st 2007 10:21 - Category: Unfiled ;
Archive for January 21st, 2007
A nuclear power renaissance?
Bob Morris @ Jan 21st 2007 00:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
80% of the power in France comes from nuclear reactors. Other countries, wanting to cut back on greenhouse gases and not be reliant on outside sources for power, are seriously looking at building new nuclear plants.
Cost is the primary reason blocking them from being built, as are very expensive, and that’s not even counting all the subsidies and tax breaks. So, nuclear power isn’t than other power. Proponents say they’ve solved the storage problem, but have they really? Plus, it sure makes me nervous when countries, Great Britain being one, say they want to “loosen restrictions” on nuclear plants being built. And if a new plant is projected to cost 4 billion to build, you can bet it’ll end up being much more. So, there’s all manner of reason to not use nuclear.
Renewable energy plants can be built less expensively and much faster than nuclear plants, which are inherently more dangerous and have storage costs that go on forever. Renewables are the way to go.
Having said that, many new nuclear plants will no doubt be built. Sigh. But probably not in the US, as public opinion (NIMBY) and the regulatory process will make it next to impossible to do.
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The first Second Life protest?
Bob Morris @ Jan 21st 2007 00:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
An anti-fascist protest this week initiated by the Scottish Socialist Party condemned the ultra-right Front National headed by Le Pen of France.
What’s makes this unique is that it took place in cyberspace in Second Life, which for those who may not know is “an online society within a 3D world, where users can explore, build, socialize, and participate in their own economy.” It has over 2 million members and major corporations have opened virtual offices in it.
We look forward to the first mass antiwar march and rally in Second Life.
Crazed enviros call on Bush to address global warming
Bob Morris @ Jan 21st 2007 00:08 - Category: Climate change ;
These environmental extremists include Alcoa Inc., Caterpillar Inc., General Electric Co., DuPont Co., Duke Energy Corp, PG&E, and Lehman Brothers Holdings.
No doubt Cheney will try to slime them as freedom-haters.
