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Should more nuclear power stations be built in the future?

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Postby Saint Kitten » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:06 pm

Slafstopia wrote:I don't like nuclear power simply because when it does fuck up, the results are catastrophic.


No different than, a dam bursting, or a coal power plant exploding
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:06 pm

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but with more investment it could be.. and there have been reactors made for the cold fusion process.. but you know.. great people that discover great things such as nikola tesla, end up like.. well, nikola tesla

No, you see: it is probably impossible.

Fusion itself, however, has much promise.


is it really?
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1563 ... ity-of-gas

and right.. for now they are called spacecraft.. but you see i'm a futurist.. i see them as spaceships

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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:07 pm

Saint Kitten wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:I don't like nuclear power simply because when it does fuck up, the results are catastrophic.


No different than, a dam bursting, or a coal power plant exploding


I have no idea where people get this idea I support fossil fuels.
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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:08 pm

Sapian wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:No, you see: it is probably impossible.

Fusion itself, however, has much promise.


is it really?
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1563 ... ity-of-gas

and right.. for now they are called spacecraft.. but you see i'm a futurist.. i see them as spaceships


I assume you also think spacecraft travel in straight lines and we can go to any planet whenever we want? Enlighten us with your obvious psychic abilities.
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:09 pm

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Sapian wrote:I do believe nuclear energy is good.. but it will become much better, safer, and reliable if we used cold fusion how much simpler and easier the technology would become, it could be used on spaceships! to travel great distances! i say if we are going to use nuclear energy invest in cold fusion reactors


Three words: radioisotope thermoelectric generators. By the way, it's space CRAFT.


and yes i know what a RITEG is

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Postby The Corparation » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:09 pm

Sapian wrote:
The Corparation wrote:Co0ld Fusion isn't actually a real working thing.


but with more investment it could be.. and there have been reactors made for the cold fusion process.. but you know.. great people that discover great things such as nikola tesla, end up like.. well, nikola tesla

Shoveling money at unreproducible and fatally flawed experiments isn't going to change the laws of physics to make cold fusion magically work.
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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:10 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
Three words: radioisotope thermoelectric generators. By the way, it's space CRAFT.


and yes i know what a RITEG is


The fact that you just called it a RITEG and not an RTG proves that you don't. It's like saying "Oh yeah, I know who Enimen is!"
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:12 pm

Slafstopia wrote:
Sapian wrote:
is it really?
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1563 ... ity-of-gas

and right.. for now they are called spacecraft.. but you see i'm a futurist.. i see them as spaceships


I assume you also think spacecraft travel in straight lines and we can go to any planet whenever we want? Enlighten us with your obvious psychic abilities.


lmao really?.. oOoooOoo yes they go so straight into the sky! so magical.. no sh#t they don't and if we really wanted to we could make it to any location is this system.. imagine if all the worlds space programs worked together? look at the ISS for example? imagine that in it's full potiential

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Postby Anachronous Rex » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:12 pm

Sapian wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:No, you see: it is probably impossible.

Fusion itself, however, has much promise.


is it really?
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1563 ... ity-of-gas

and right.. for now they are called spacecraft.. but you see i'm a futurist.. i see them as spaceships

"The research paper, which hasn’t yet undergone peer review"

Get back to me when it's not just "because we said so."
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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:15 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
I assume you also think spacecraft travel in straight lines and we can go to any planet whenever we want? Enlighten us with your obvious psychic abilities.


lmao really?.. oOoooOoo yes they go so straight into the sky! so magical.. no sh#t they don't and if we really wanted to 1. we could make it to any location is this system.. imagine if all the worlds space programs worked together? 2. look at the ISS for example? imagine that in it's full potiential


1. When you say we, do you mean humans, or just space programs?

2. That's like saying "You see this cardboard box? There could be ANYTHING inside!" then not giving examples.
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Silvadus
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Postby Silvadus » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:17 pm

I'd love to see nuclear power plants continue to be built in the future, though it seems unlikely. What I'd like to see is renewable energy employed where its viable and have nuclear energy filling in the gaps.
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:17 pm

Anachronous Rex wrote:
Sapian wrote:
is it really?
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/1563 ... ity-of-gas

and right.. for now they are called spacecraft.. but you see i'm a futurist.. i see them as spaceships

"The research paper, which hasn’t yet undergone peer review"

Get back to me when it's not just "because we said so."


here is another then! :)
http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw

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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:18 pm

Slafstopia wrote:
Sapian wrote:
and yes i know what a RITEG is


The fact that you just called it a RITEG and not an RTG proves that you don't. It's like saying "Oh yeah, I know who Enimen is!"


what is wrong with what i said? :eyebrow: lol

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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:19 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
The fact that you just called it a RITEG and not an RTG proves that you don't. It's like saying "Oh yeah, I know who Enimen is!"


what is wrong with what i said? :eyebrow: lol


Maybe that you used completely the wrong abbreviation, thus exposing that you have no idea what an RTG (not a RITEG) is.
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:20 pm

Slafstopia wrote:
Sapian wrote:
lmao really?.. oOoooOoo yes they go so straight into the sky! so magical.. no sh#t they don't and if we really wanted to 1. we could make it to any location is this system.. imagine if all the worlds space programs worked together? 2. look at the ISS for example? imagine that in it's full potiential


1. When you say we, do you mean humans, or just space programs?

2. That's like saying "You see this cardboard box? There could be ANYTHING inside!" then not giving examples.


and i mean it as in humanity,

and why not be optimistic of all possibilities? i will always think that schoedinger's cat will come out alive lol it's just the way i see things

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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:21 pm

Slafstopia wrote:
Sapian wrote:
what is wrong with what i said? :eyebrow: lol


Maybe that you used completely the wrong abbreviation, thus exposing that you have no idea what an RTG (not a RITEG) is.


lmao oh jesus... :palm: there are two abbreviations.. RTG and RITEG.. google it hahaha :lol2:

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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:22 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
1. When you say we, do you mean humans, or just space programs?

2. That's like saying "You see this cardboard box? There could be ANYTHING inside!" then not giving examples.


and i mean it as in humanity,

and why not be optimistic of all possibilities? i will always think that schoedinger's cat will come out alive lol it's just the way i see things


1. ...That doesn't answer my question whatsoever. Do you mean people, or probes?

2. Optimism isn't how you be an astronomer. If you're doing science right, realism will make you happier than optimism. Optimism doesn't benefit astronomy.
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Postby The Corparation » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:22 pm

Sapian wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:"The research paper, which hasn’t yet undergone peer review"

Get back to me when it's not just "because we said so."


here is another then! :)
http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw

Somebody is selling something on the internet? With no second opinions or peer reviewed papers to back up their "science" Golly Gee! I guess that proves that Cold Fusion is a real marketable technology.
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Postby Anachronous Rex » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:23 pm

Sapian wrote:
Anachronous Rex wrote:"The research paper, which hasn’t yet undergone peer review"

Get back to me when it's not just "because we said so."


here is another then! :)
http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw

That's a scam.
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:24 pm

The Corparation wrote:
Sapian wrote:
here is another then! :)
http://ecat.com/ecat-products/ecat-1-mw

Somebody is selling something on the internet? With no second opinions or peer reviewed papers to back up their "science" Golly Gee! I guess that proves that Cold Fusion is a real marketable technology.


woops sorry this is the one i meant! :p

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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:25 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
Maybe that you used completely the wrong abbreviation, thus exposing that you have no idea what an RTG (not a RITEG) is.


lmao oh jesus... :palm: there are two abbreviations.. RTG and RITEG.. google it hahaha :lol2:


I haven't seen RITEG written before. I haven't heard astronomers, when speaking of RTGs, say RITEG. And you clearly know little-to-fuckall about astronomy. Does that not make my assumption logical?
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Postby The Corparation » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:25 pm

Sapian wrote:
The Corparation wrote:Somebody is selling something on the internet? With no second opinions or peer reviewed papers to back up their "science" Golly Gee! I guess that proves that Cold Fusion is a real marketable technology.


woops sorry this is the one i meant! :p

http://www.buildtheenterprise.org/ecat- ... ade-in-usa

These articles are just linking in circles. I see no peer reviewed papers or anyone but the inventors backing the claims up.
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Postby Sapian » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:27 pm

Slafstopia wrote:
Sapian wrote:
and i mean it as in humanity,

and why not be optimistic of all possibilities? i will always think that schoedinger's cat will come out alive lol it's just the way i see things


1. ...That doesn't answer my question whatsoever. Do you mean people, or probes?

2. Optimism isn't how you be an astronomer. If you're doing science right, realism will make you happier than optimism. Optimism doesn't benefit astronomy.



Answers:
1. Why not both? much like we did with the moon and are planning to do with mars? :eyebrow: thats a weird question

2. Who said i couldn't be optimistic about astronomy? lol

whats up with your questions? :lol2:

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Postby The Shadow Brotherhood » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:29 pm

With great risk comes great reward.

I definitely believe in nuclear energy. It is cost effective and good for the environment. We just need to research how to make it safer.
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Postby Slafstopia » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:29 pm

Sapian wrote:
Slafstopia wrote:
1. ...That doesn't answer my question whatsoever. Do you mean people, or probes?

2. Optimism isn't how you be an astronomer. If you're doing science right, realism will make you happier than optimism. Optimism doesn't benefit astronomy.



Answers:
1. Why not both? much like we did with the moon and are planning to do with mars? :eyebrow: thats a weird question

2. Who said i couldn't be optimistic about astronomy? lol

whats up with your questions? :lol2:


1. So you're saying that we could send men to Pluto? Also, you're ignoring a key part of my original question: do you think we can go wherever WHENEVER?

2. You can be optimistic about astronomy. You're just being illogical in the process.

My questions actually have logic and are based on my knowledge and interest in science?
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