Is using less energy actually green?

TalkBack 1 of 15:

Next »

• Thread View
• Flat View

It's counter-intuitive

but sounds about right. Any time the government gets involved in markets - they tend to stagnate. Having a monopoly means never having to upgrade - just keep charging the same amount (or more) money, and your profits go up (since there is no reinvesting in infrastructure).
One of the most "modern" nuke plants in the US is in Michigan - Fermi II. It has operated flawlessly for many years. Of course it's predecessor didn't do so well. Fermi I almost went critical - inspiring David Bowie's famous song "Panic in Detroit" (and feeding the 60's anti-nuke fervor). But that was the "old" days when we were learning how to "tame" nuclear power, today we know SO much more about how reactors work.
The problem still remains of how to dispose of the waste. I have a proposal that would work extremely well - although NIMBY people will shoot it down. Detroit sits on top of hundreds of MILES of tunnels! The salt mines of Detroit have extracted much over the course of a hundred years. Having nuclear waste stored a mile underneath Michigan in salt tunnels makes too much sense. It would spark a moribund economy, and raise the stature of the mayor of Detroit - who is undergoing some really bad publicity recently.
If I were the mayor of Detroit, I would make this proposal. And just because I could do it, I wouldn't put waste under my OWN city - I would place it under CANADA! Yes those tunnels know no international boundaries. If anything ever went wrong, I would stay away from Windsor . . .

Posted by: Roger Ramjet   Posted on: 09/14/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

• Building the Virtualized Enterprise with VMware Iinfrastructure VMware VMware virtualization software has been adopted by over 120,000 enterprise ... Download Now
• Why Isn't Server Virtualization Saving Us More? A Few Small Changes May Dramatically Increase Your Efficiency VMware Companies have rapidly adopted server virtualization over the past few ... Download Now
• The True Costs of Virtual Server Solutions VMware In an economic environment that is repeatedly heralding the message "do ... Download Now