Nuclear

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Originally Posted by BradC

I realise I'm misquoting, but I know several people who are still living entirely due to Nuclear Physics. So there is always another side to the dice.

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I'm tipping you have the wrong end of the stick where I'm concerned. Nuclear is the future, as I thought I'd made clear...

There is nothing else.

See? Gav came up with a brilliant thread about "off topic". I AGREE with most of this. But we cross over as we type.

Err, I'm broken. Talk tomorrow if you still want...

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Originally Posted by johntins

I'm tipping you have the wrong end of the stick where I'm concerned. Nuclear is the future, as I thought I'd made clear...

There is nothing else.

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Not at all. I with you all the way. I just wanted to highlight one of the often overlooked parts of Nuclear physics.

Nuclear is the only option for future sustainable reliable power to the masses.
The room for technological improvement is vast.
I don’t know what the numbers are, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the global cost of R&D into nuclear wasn’t 20 times less than that of windmills. And therein lies the problem.

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Originally Posted by donh54

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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Not in Qld and WA, where far-sighted state governments have reserved supplies for local usage.

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I toured Lucas Heights quite some time ago. Drums of waste were stacked everywhere. We went inside the reactor. I was not impressed. I would never consider living anywhere near it.

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Hardly a glowing report.

Do you still trust the energy industry?

Giant explosion rocks Philadelphia refinery complex, gas prices rise

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Do you still trust the energy industry?

Giant explosion rocks Philadelphia refinery complex, gas prices rise

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That has Nothing whatsoever to do with Nuclear power[bighmmm]

It demonstrates that even in a sector of the energy industry (in which nuclear power falls) that has a high safety record, serious accidents happen.