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')Hell with the renewables if they can't compete with geothermal and fission then they don't need to be used at all IMO.
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Re: economic and environmental policies you would like to se
by Tanada » Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:01:43
Can I object? A policy of diverse renewables will allow for a great independence concentrated energy storage (like oil) imports. I live in a windy place, with the fierce Atlantic nearby; we would likely get by on wind and sea energy production, along with powerdown. I don't have data on this, mind.
As for fission, take a look at this article on High level waste. It says that at current level of production, 12,000 tonnes of nuclear waste (highly radioactive, thermally hot and with half-life decays of hundreds, thousands of years) are produced every year.
As for geothermal, it's specifically located in some places. I don't have specific data, but that same chart gives a total 2.1% of electricity generation from geo, solar, wind, wood and waste combined.
Renewables have a lot of potential to grow, coming from seemingly nowhere. As for fission, an increase in production will bring about a corresponding increase in waste. Those wastes are, I remember, terrifyingly dangerous (some of them weapons grade, the Wikipedia text says) and consume a lot of energy to refrigerate and money in surveillance.
Sure you can object but you should read through FAQ first so we are communication from the same base of knowledge.
From your own citation on Wikipedia 25,000 tons of spent fuel annually is reducible to 3,000 cubic meters of vitrified waste, an ammount so small that any random piece of uninhabited land on the planet could host thousands of years of it without need for excessive security or cooling. Especially if you pick a high altitude location on a geologically stable mountain where natural weather will keep things quite cold thank you very much.
As for geothermal, the potential has been barely explored at all at this point in history, there are a great many locations where hot dry rock is within modern drilling distance of the surface. If Geothermal got even a tith of the government grant money solar and wind get you would see a lot more development.
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Re: economic and environmental policies you would like to se
by cube » Wed 30 Jul 2008, 19:31:24
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('CarlosFerreira', '[')i]Education: Free college and graduate education for all. Mandatory free professional education for those who choose not to graduate. Scholarships for residence, based on merit. Paid post-graduate studies, but wider availability of scholarships for that too.
question:
what is professional education?
Is it like a "trade school" (auto-mechanic, air conditioning repairman, welder,etc...)?
Or were you talking about something else?
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Not to sound mean but IMHO it makes no sense to literally push EVERYBODY through college. Not everybody can become a doctor, lawyer, engineer........somebody has to take a low paying job like a truck driver, garbage man, or college professor.
Why create a society where everybody has a college education when only 10% of the jobs that exist in an economy requires it?
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