New Posts For Thread: More nukes for South Carolina - Are they crazy or just stupid?http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupidThe Nuclear Regulatory Commission has just granted a license to the SCANA corporation in a joint venture with the state-owned South Carolina utility Santee Cooper, to build two 1,117-megawatt units (nuclear reactors) at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant,This thread was moved from the Hot Topics Zonehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518972957#518972957This thread was moved from the Hot Topics ZoneTue, 24 Apr 2012 12:53:23 -0500Here in Minnesota, we do above-Ground Dry-Cask Storage ... So far, so good ...How long -- and WHERE -- can we "store" the fly-Ash from Coal-Power Stations ... ???How "SAFE" is Coal Mining" ... ??? How ABOUT all the Carbon Dioxide being released intohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518582803#518582803Here in Minnesota, we do above-Ground Dry-Cask Storage ... So far, so good ...How long -- and WHERE -- can we "store" the fly-Ash from Coal-Power Stations ... ???How "SAFE" is Coal Mining" ... ??? How ABOUT all the Carbon Dioxide being released intoFri, 13 Apr 2012 17:11:17 -0500Your articles here do not claim that “there is no way to safely dispose of nuclear waste.” Nor do they provide any empirical evidence from which to draw such a conclusion.Again, your newspaper article, blatantly biased though it is, doeshttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518576485#518576485Your articles here do not claim that “there is no way to safely dispose of nuclear waste.” Nor do they provide any empirical evidence from which to draw such a conclusion.Again, your newspaper article, blatantly biased though it is, doesFri, 13 Apr 2012 14:18:45 -0500Above-Ground Dry Cask Storage seems to work just fine ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518552599#518552599Above-Ground Dry Cask Storage seems to work just fine ...Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:13:04 -0500We've already been told that that's not a problem. Just sweep it under the rug and walk away. So it poisons the Earth for thousands of years. We won't be here then so it doesn't matter.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518552449#518552449We've already been told that that's not a problem. Just sweep it under the rug and walk away. So it poisons the Earth for thousands of years. We won't be here then so it doesn't matter.Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:07:13 -0500There is no way to safely dispose of nuclear waste.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4407421.stmwww.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/...There is no safe way of using the waste in reactors. The idea that it could provide a fuel source for a Thorium reachttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518549533#518549533There is no way to safely dispose of nuclear waste.news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4407421.stmwww.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/...There is no safe way of using the waste in reactors. The idea that it could provide a fuel source for a Thorium reacThu, 12 Apr 2012 18:29:56 -0500A strawman argument is when you misrepresent an argument and then argue as if the misrepresentation were true. Not only have you used strawmen, but a considerable amount of misdirection and derailing too. I was hoping for a discussion on a higher levhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518544191#518544191A strawman argument is when you misrepresent an argument and then argue as if the misrepresentation were true. Not only have you used strawmen, but a considerable amount of misdirection and derailing too. I was hoping for a discussion on a higher levThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:42:32 -0500A great Deal of the Opposition to Nuclear Power Generation seems to be based mostly on FEAR ...False. You have not been able to provide any scientific evidence showing that nuclear power is either inherently unsafe or not “green” (a termhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518543543#518543543A great Deal of the Opposition to Nuclear Power Generation seems to be based mostly on FEAR ...False. You have not been able to provide any scientific evidence showing that nuclear power is either inherently unsafe or not “green” (a termThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:23:10 -0500False. You have not been able to provide any scientific evidence showing that nuclear power is either inherently unsafe or not “green” (a term you are undoubtedly unable to define). You have not done any risk-benefit analysis whatsoever.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518543467#518543467False. You have not been able to provide any scientific evidence showing that nuclear power is either inherently unsafe or not “green” (a term you are undoubtedly unable to define). You have not done any risk-benefit analysis whatsoever.Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:21:38 -0500I'm not answering your strawman arguments. [/quote]Evidently you don’t know what a straw man argument is. You have never quoted anything I’ve written that even vaguely resembled that logical fallacy. If you ever become able and willing tohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29034135/More_nukes_for_South_Carolina_-_Are_they_crazy_or_just_stupid?post_id=518543397#518543397I'm not answering your strawman arguments. [/quote]Evidently you don’t know what a straw man argument is. You have never quoted anything I’ve written that even vaguely resembled that logical fallacy. If you ever become able and willing toThu, 12 Apr 2012 15:19:38 -0500