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| Thread ID: 86949 | 2008-02-02 19:36:00 | Nuclear Power Documentary on TV One last night | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 636721 | 2008-02-02 19:36:00 | Did anyone else watch that "NZ Festival: Nuclear Power Comeback" documentary last night? What do you think of it? To me, it was just more fearmongering, even though there was some fairly positive commentary towards the start of the programme. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 636722 | 2008-02-02 21:45:00 | It was better balanced than I expected and showed the true risks of nuclear tech, one human error/mistake plus one engineering/scientific error and serious problems. The tantalizing lure of virtually unlimited power with the drawback of the disposal problems, 100,000 years and the danger is only reduced, not gone. If you saw that program and still think we should have nuclear reactors in NZ, then really I am surprised you don't need someone to help you dress yourself in the morning. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 636723 | 2008-02-02 22:17:00 | Look at the mess Chernobyl caused. And Russia is huge so it wasn't a problem evacuating entire towns. Can NZ afford to lose half an island? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 636724 | 2008-02-02 22:20:00 | Anyone interested in this topic might also be interested in Denis Dutton's new site........ http://climatedebatedaily.com/ :2cents: I gave up on last night's programme when they brought on that silly old duffer from the New Zealand Green Party. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 636725 | 2008-02-02 23:02:00 | It was better balanced than I expected and showed the true risks of nuclear tech, one human error/mistake plus one engineering/scientific error and serious problems. The tantalizing lure of virtually unlimited power with the drawback of the disposal problems, 100,000 years and the danger is only reduced, not gone. If you saw that program and still think we should have nuclear reactors in NZ, then really I am surprised you don't need someone to help you dress yourself in the morning. Firstly, I don't find your personal attacks appropriate, and would think it's a bit out of character for someone like yourself. In any case, the arguments for and against have been thrashed out on this forum enough, and I don't think it's worthwhile for us to repeat them. As far as I'm concerned, the fact remains that we have a serious power problem today. Unless we can get some large scale generation on-stream which isn't susceptible to changes in weather patterns, lack of rainfall, etc, rolling blackouts will become a fact of life. Nuclear shouldn't be written off as an option just because of the emotional stigma surrounding it - it needs to be investigated and given a chance for public debate, like every other form of power generation. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 636726 | 2008-02-02 23:44:00 | Put the reactors south of Christchurch somewhere. Use the Auckland Islands for the radioactive waste. C1 |
chicken one (6501) | ||
| 636727 | 2008-02-03 00:03:00 | Setting up a nuclear power plant (which would need to go close to Orcland where the most users are), it would make wind and other renewable generation pretty much redundant. NZ is known globally as a green country, and nucleur free, so setting one up would be a major sell out. The major problem in NZ is the resource management act. What we need is more hydro, tidal and wave generators. Our current problem is not the lack of generation, but the lack of intrastructure to carry that electricity around the country. eg part of the cook strait cable needing to be shut down and lack of maintence of cables and fixings through the entire country. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 636728 | 2008-02-03 00:25:00 | If the cap fits ..... wear it. @somebody, I really didn't aim that getting dressed comment at you specifically I made the comment only as an amusing generalization, not meant to insult you personally, mostly a bit of funny repartee with a twist to it. |
zqwerty (97) | ||
| 636729 | 2008-02-03 01:24:00 | Setting up a nuclear power plant (which would need to go close to Orcland where the most users are), it would make wind and other renewable generation pretty much redundant. NZ is known globally as a green country, and nucleur free, so setting one up would be a major sell out. The major problem in NZ is the resource management act. What we need is more hydro, tidal and wave generators. Our current problem is not the lack of generation, but the lack of intrastructure to carry that electricity around the country. eg part of the cook strait cable needing to be shut down and lack of maintence of cables and fixings through the entire country. We'll soon be known as the green, nuclear free country with no electricity capacity. Yes a sell out on all the Green people that have done SO much for this country... um, wait. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 636730 | 2008-02-03 01:41:00 | Hell yes, read the bottom line. Get the nuclear power in, write a cheery letter to the stock-holders and give the executive team a bonus. It is the new tradition. Damn the people, count the beans. |
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