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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 12:55 PM Original message |
The Cold War Threat to the Navajo (Uranium Mining) |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. Share the hypocrisy |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. "Nuclear energy is the least of our worries." |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How many victims from Chernobyl? |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Wind and solar are first obvious alternatives (probably the 2 you're referring to) |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Remember that a million or more will die every year from coal use, as long as coal is used. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. How many have or will die because of Chernobyl?? More than 4000 |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. So, 4000 dead and 9000 excess cancers |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No - it's 4000-9000 deaths as the result of a single reactor accident |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:15 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Oh, so it's 9000 deaths total? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 12:06 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. ....laughable? |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. It was the argument that was laughable (and still is). |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 02:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Ok then, let me clarify |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I don't see anything to laugh at |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. My belief that there are no deaths from nuclear power? Huh? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Nuclear energy is an easy target |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Compared to something like automobiles, yes. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. Lobbyists are adept at arguing out both sides of their mouths... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Replacing coal with nuclear would kill as many people? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It would take a genius |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Here's the problem: LIES perpetuated by industries & government |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I thought you were an "agnostic" about nuclear power... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. We'll never build 100 times as much nuclear power as we have today. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Most of the experts agree that we would need at least |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. So how do you reverse our increasing reliance on coal? |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "Nuclear waste you can pretty much put in a hole in the ground and not worry about it much." |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. People worry about a lot of low-probability, low-risk stuff. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. That's gonna be a pretty big hole..... |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. And in comparison to coal that volume is very, very small. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. If I gave you a choice..... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. If you gave me the correct choice |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Since we're talking tonnes |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 06:06 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Well again... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. I understand that it looks like a forced choice. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. People without political power are routinely abused in this nation. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-14-08 05:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. You've got that right. |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-15-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Though the g.o.p. is the preferred party of the rich! n.t |
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invader zim (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-16-08 06:31 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. I seem to remember |
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