Are you ready to go to war over Iran's nuclear program?
Some of you must be.
Because if you aren't then the whole "Obama is a weak President. We need a strong Republican President like President Chen-er--Bush again" meme falls apart in a hurry.
Those folks are always ready to send your kids or grandkids off to die for....?
Oil? Democracy in the Middle East? Saudi Arabia's form of Islam?
Israel?
Oh yeah. Israel.
So, I guess the question should be, are you ready to send your children off to die for Israel's peace of mind?
"Blessed are the peacemakers."
Remember that one?
Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear power. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Boom, there it is!
Some fun facts about the Palo Verde Nuclear plant:
It's upwind of the Phoenix metropolitan area. In case of an "incident" the prevailing winds generally blow right toward us. Bonus fun fact: the land Palo Verde was built on was owned by a relative of the then president of APS. I'm sure this was just a coincidence.
For what it cost to build the plant, solar panels could have been installed on at least 400,000 houses. (This is a conservative estimate. Factoring in economics of scale, the actual number probably would have been much higher.)
The plant is cooled by treated effluent from the Valley's cities. This is water that would normally be used for agricultural irrigation or returned to the aquifer. The consortium that owns the plant paid such a ridiculously low rate for this water that a lawsuit was filed by a concerned private citizen when the deal was announced. Naturally, he lost. In Arizona, the concerns of industry always trump the rights of citizens.
Most of the electricity produced by Palo Verde goes out of state. All of the hazard stays in state.
It's upwind of the Phoenix metropolitan area. In case of an "incident" the prevailing winds generally blow right toward us. Bonus fun fact: the land Palo Verde was built on was owned by a relative of the then president of APS. I'm sure this was just a coincidence.
For what it cost to build the plant, solar panels could have been installed on at least 400,000 houses. (This is a conservative estimate. Factoring in economics of scale, the actual number probably would have been much higher.)
The plant is cooled by treated effluent from the Valley's cities. This is water that would normally be used for agricultural irrigation or returned to the aquifer. The consortium that owns the plant paid such a ridiculously low rate for this water that a lawsuit was filed by a concerned private citizen when the deal was announced. Naturally, he lost. In Arizona, the concerns of industry always trump the rights of citizens.
Most of the electricity produced by Palo Verde goes out of state. All of the hazard stays in state.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
A freebie
Normally I charge a very hefty fee for my consulting services, and trust me they're worth every penny. But hey, Opening Day is just around the corner and the various lies on my 1040 form are much more believable than last year's, so I find myself in a particularly giving mood. In that spirit I offer the nuclear power industry this new slogan, gratis:
Nuclear Power...What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Nuclear Power...What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
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