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March 14, 2025 08:31 AM UTC

Friday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

“Personality is only ripe when a man has made the truth his own.”

–Soren Kierkegaard

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    1. Placement is clearly the key and nuclear power is a tremendous solution to our planet’s energy needs . . .

      . . . as long as the reactor is located at least ninety million miles from the nearest playgound.

        1. Nuclear proponents like to say things like, "oh, the waste disposal is not that bad a problem, and anyway, it's solved." But they almost never acknowledge the *source* side of the equation – mining, extraction, and processing. See for example https://www.hcn.org/articles/contamination-threatens-the-last-source-of-clean-groundwater-in-west-new-mexico/

          Provably worse than fracking for oil and gas. I'm not going to take any pro-nuclear arguments seriously unless the supply side environmental damage is addressed.

            1. David will not look at the supply side environmental issues because he can't really keep this distraction going if he resolves everyones' questions. The world is about to explode, and David wants to keep the conversation about nuclear power? Really, David?

              Do you have a uranium lease out in Nevada or something?

          1. So, what's a uranium mining project look like today versus one that was built in the mid-20th century with an unlined tailings pond built under the purveyance of the Atomic Energy Comission to build a nuclear arsenal as quickly as possible with no environmental concerns?

            I mean, an IBM 7000 series was something in the 1960's but I'm not going give it as an example of modern computers capabilties.

  1. I hope enough Senators hold the line and vote no on cloture today. Yes both options suck. But voting no means the Democrats in the Senate will stand up to Trump. Voting yes means they will accept whatever he tries. They may tell themselves they'll vote no next time. But each subsequent time it actually becomes harder to vote no after the previous yes votes.

    1. I read that last sentence as "each subservient time".

      Yes. Boil the frog now, or later.

      Public opinion is like surfing: You need to time your stroked to catch the wave.

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