Nuclear

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

now just leave the pirates out of this ya scab.....

I have a copy of the Pirates Creed of Ethics and in the 14 paragraphs of the creed , global warming is not mentioned once.

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of course its not... they knew about it but because of the deminishment of their numbers they were in the minority and thus the opinion was oppressed.

I’ve been accused of being a pirate only interested in plunder pillage and treasure we took it as quite a compliment [emoji3]

Consideration does not imply pursuit.

There are lots of options to consider. Some better than others.

I still reckon gas fired plants as interim solution are worth looking at.

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Originally Posted by Meccles

I’ve been accused of being a pirate only interested in plunder pillage and treasure we took it as quite a compliment [emoji3]

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You have a car dealership ?

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

of course its not... they knew about it but because of the deminishment of their numbers they were in the minority and thus the opinion was oppressed.

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now why does your statement sound so familiar to my ears?


tread lightly.....

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Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

tread lightly.....

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and carry a big stick

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Originally Posted by AndyG

You have a car dealership ?

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Worse - deep sea sat diver [emoji3]

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Originally Posted by Meccles

I still reckon gas fired plants as interim solution are worth looking at.

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As we will soon be the largest exporter of LNG in the world, it should be obvious to all, that we won't be able to afford gas-fired electrical generation. Our far-sighted pollies have sold off our future production to pad out their budget projections for the next few dozen electoral cycles!

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Originally Posted by Eevo

we can now use this "waste" as fuel. therefor, not waste.

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I've just been doing some reading on one website about nuclear waste. They mentioned that most power plants only use around 5% of the energy in uranium fuel and that's around 3 years in service. After this the fuel is considered waste even though it has capacity to fuel reactors for longer. The waste could be reused to fuel reactors, but they are a different type to the normal nuke power plant. Different reactors could pull 95% of the energy out of the fuel - but I did find an interesting comment that the US banned this sort of use at the height of the cold war as plutonium is a key ingredient in nuclear weapons.

I seems using more of the fuels energy is still very uncommon.

I voted no for the poll. I think nuclear power has its benefits, but at the current moment the issue of waste and decommissioning make it a no - and that's without even considering a worst case malfunction. Nothing is unsolvable however and I'm sure with a decent nuclear weapons program we could find a use for that plutonium as well[thumbsupbig]