Re: [Phys-l] global temperatures -- a modest proposal

[marx@phy.ilstu.edu]

Nuclear technologies work great.  The problem lies with the wastes - both 
low-level and high-level.  We have no place to adequately store the existing 
waste, let alone that generated in the future.



On 6 Apr 2009 at 13:15, ludwik kowalski wrote:

> On Apr 6, 2009, at 12:42 PM, David Appell wrote:
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> > John Denker wrote:
> > > The best part, he says, is that you would only
> > > need about 15 volcanoes, if you set them off at
> > > intervals, one every three years.  That's because
> > > in 50 years or so, if present
> > > trends continue, we will have used up all the fossil carbon
> > > fuels, and the CO2 problem will have gone away on its
> >
> > In 50 years we will probably have used up most of the oil, but then,  
> > if
> > nothing else is available, we will switch to coal, of which there is
> > enough to last a few hundred years. Carbon-wise, coal is even worse  
> > than
> > oil. . . .
>
> And how would nuclear electricity compete with coal electricity today?
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