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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:01 PM Original message |
Why would anyone support nuclear power? |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because there's big money in it. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. The French don't seem to find it costly. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Scam from the getgo. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. Twain said... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. It's more he-man than stupid little wimpy hippie-dippie solar and wind ya know |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The slide rule set was made fun of by hippies in high school, this is their revenge nt |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. How to dismantle a nuclear plant |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Thanks - that was in the article from which I quoted. |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. One of the things that we should consider if we are not going to dismantle |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. We need a long term storage area... |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. This last year we have been taking nuke materials for countries like |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:49 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Currently, while they are hot, they are stored in pools at reactors. |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. I bet that stuff is hot ... |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. Haven't you heard? Anyone opposed to nuke power is just a scaredy cat weenie |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. and Knows No Science |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. I'd agree with that... |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Wrong as usual |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. This is but one instance of you saying the same tripe. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:48 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. Go to a library - remember those? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 06:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Stop spreading misinformation, please. |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #76 |
77. Talk about logical fallacy.... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Ranting and railing doesn't obscure the fact you regularly peddle false information |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 05:06 PM Response to Reply #78 |
103. Not false information - good scientific information |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 11:42 AM Response to Reply #33 |
88. Have you invented a molten salt breeder reactor? |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #88 |
89. You get that impression too, eh? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Been wondering about that one too |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 09:32 AM Response to Reply #88 |
90. NO - because Oak Ridge National Lab invented it back in the '60s |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #90 |
101. What is your opinion on the New Jersey Molten Salt Breeder Reactor? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
11. Easy - because nuclear power is the safest form of practical power generation |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. What a load of happy horse manure that is |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Always glad to be of service. Now you can return the favor... |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #43 |
96. You see with fatalities from coal or natural gas or whatever |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Let's assume you're correct. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. Some people will believe or say anything |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 06:59 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. Do you know what the charter of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is? |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-08-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #97 |
100. Yeah, the World Health Organization is one pretty shady outfit |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Experts, only the uninformed think scientists are experts, ... |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Fuck scientists. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #38 |
49. I knew this absolutely gorgeous string theoretician once... |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 05:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Oh my! is that a double entendre, ... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. Where do you go looking for experts? |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 04:57 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Where do I go looking for experts? ... Bartenders? ... |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. My smiley is laughing harder than ever. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:55 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. So you think you know energy policy? |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #57 |
59. Boy, such arrogance |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:27 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. You are another continuing source of false information |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Sure pass me that link |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. Terrified activists??? ... There again you answer not the post, ... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I am alive because I live within the confines of nature |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. Yet another straw man, I probably live more simply than you can imagine, ... |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #66 |
71. Sorry, you used strawman in the wrong way |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Sorry, not a Luddite either, ... n/t |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
79. They need to bill the nuke companies for 10,000 years of maintenance on the hot waste. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Money. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because: |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. That is exactly right. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. They use the Global Warming excuse for Nukes but they could care less about the |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Logical fallacy |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. It's obvious that where there is smoke / fire | Anti-greenpeace = Pro-nuke right wing nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #27 |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Logical fallacy still |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I've heard the anti-Greenpeace schtick and it is right next to Obama as the Joker usually nt |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. You're still the one mouthing authoritarian views |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 11:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Your comments show you couldn't buy a clue. nt |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Exhibit A, use of subpar snark nt |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
47. I largely agree with you |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Thanks for an honest, balanced and well-reasoned post. |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
15. Because it is currently our best alternative |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Because nobody has put forth a better option |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Looks like the plants survived the earthquake well enough... |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
23. Because they generate allot of power consistently |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. Becuase I would prefer not to put all of my eggs in one basket nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
30. I support nuclear power 100%. |
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FranMonet (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. todays nukes are temporary |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
31. K&R |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
32. California could have had Diablo for the original $1.3B |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-31-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #32 |
56. Hey Pam W, Does installing the seismic supports backwards, ... |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. Actually that is NOT what happened. |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Countless articles point out a fact, ... |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 01:24 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Do you know what a seismic support is - Evidently NOT |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #73 |
83. It seems an engineer not an anti nuke made that claim, ... |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-10-11 04:05 PM Response to Reply #83 |
102. It wasn't an engineer that said "backwards" |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. I've always wondered.... |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #74 |
80. Tsk, Tsk, you prattle so, ... here are some inconvenient facts that get in you way, ...s |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. How about irrelevant facts.... |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. Seemed to answer your post 74, from the beginning, ... |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #81 |
84. See post #83, ... Twas an engineer not an anti nuke, |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:29 AM Response to Reply #84 |
86. Sorry - but YOU are WRONG!! |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Pam, How about a PG&E admission ... ? |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-06-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. Inapt analogy |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Poorly constructed analogy |
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CRH (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:31 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. You call this a triumph in the courts, ... |
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PamW (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #85 |
92. Of course it is a win for PG&E... |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
46. This is necessary, but not sufficient: |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Thank you. And to add - |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-01-11 06:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Nuclear isn't needed, It is a third rate solution to climate change. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-07-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #54 |
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70. I'm sorry, make that a milennium and a half |
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