[Gasification] Energy Crisis? Mass Die Off? Blahaha

[David G. LeVine]

Max,

I am replying to your ramblings because you seem to have missed something.

At 08:22 PM 4/30/2007, you wrote:
>Jonathan
>
>I rarely reply to these ramblings however nuclear is not really a 
>viable answer.

That does not seem to be an accurate assessment of the issue.

>All that needs asking is can we store the waste in your living room 
>(back yard?).

Sure, as long as we can store ALL the biological waste for your 
biological and chemical processes to generate energy in yours.  And I 
am discussing only the waste generated by my needs, not all the waste 
generated.  If one ton of high level nuclear waste is generated for 
all of N.Y. City, one person's portion would be 0.006 ounces.  Put 
that in a 1' lead cube and it is pretty safe for a few thousand years.

>This doesn't even begin to address the tremendous energy to build 
>the plant, extract the fuel, refine it, rehabilitate the extraction 
>environment etc.

Are you claiming that the energy needed for a conventional plant is 
significantly less?

>The final thing I will mention is the clean-up in the case of the 
>inevitable chernoble or a 3 mile island and the devastating human 
>cost from the fallout.

Okay, and we have never seen things like Love Canal or a dam 
failure?  No, it doesn't matter what we do, we will risk death or 
injury to a great many people.

>Humans make mistakes so presuming "our" system won't have accidents, 
>leak toxins etc is unrealistic.  Look at the cost of 1 plant and 
>translate that into purchase of solar, either cells or solar 
>thermal, with the effects of scale economies and you get a lot cleaner energy!

Look at the costs of the storage of energy from intermittent energy 
sources like solar and wind and the financial implications are 
staggering.  Assuming that a nuclear reactor kills 1 million people, 
and the money saved saves the lives of 2 million people. which is the 
worse option?

No, Max, you have not made your case, in fact you have proven that 
either you didn't do he numbers or you are reacting without thinking 
or don't care how many die to prove your point -- and I do not 
believe that you are unthinking or want to sacrifice human lives.

David G. LeVine
Nashua, NH  03060