dxAce wrote:

D Peter Maus wrote:

Dave wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:16:36 +0000, D Peter Maus wrote:

Dave wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

"Nuclear" has been a dirty word since the movie 'The China
Syndrome,' a film often pointed to as a reference in debates where
nuclear plants were to be constructed. As a population, most of what
is 'understood' about nuclear energy production comes from that film.

Three Mile Island was the horror it was BECAUSE of the The China
Syndrome, when in fact, though a meltdown had occurred--some 8 feet of
reactor core was lost--the systems did precisely what they were
supposed to do, and shut the reactor down.

Odd, no one ever talks about THAT.

The problem is not the ignorant 'drill happy' folks.

The problem is the ignorant uneducated folks attempting to create a
panic based on short sight, and snapshot focus on a very narrow
picture of global events. And an overall suppression of understanding
of energy production by so-called professionals in education.


Nuclear plants need lots of water. Many installed nukes are running on
low power now due to water shortage.
There is no water shortage. Record snows last year, record rains this
spring, and the wettest summer in 50 years have rivers overunning their
banks. Lakes over their piers, and even tributaries with white water for
the first time in a century.

Nuclear plants are built on the shores of rivers, lakes and other
bodies of water. They're not running at half power due to low water.
http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/01/2...ry-up-nuclear-
power-plants-in-southeast/

http://drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
You come help replace the burned out sump pump in my basement, and
I'll listen to your noise about drought.

Mine was rusted out (been here a long time before I got here) and when I
discovered that I replaced it that very day. My basement is dry, but it's just
good insurance if a pipe were to burst or the water heater would fail.



There is so much water here, mine has been running non stop for three
months.

Drought my ass.