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Global Warming - Make a statement today :)
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 10:55 pm |
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Quoting SuiGeneris: Quoting aenigma x:
I think nuclear plants are actually very safe (the waste is DEFINITELY another matter  ). Chernobil was due to human error and poor management as far as I am aware. Keith will know  |
thats why i was saying too risky, humanbeings tend to make mistakes, so it needs perfect unit of control... you know nothing is too simple |
And a cover up! Poor maintenance caused the first pipe to burst and lack of expertise and ignorance for the rest. Ignorance in as much as they kept it quite when they should have evacuated the town.
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 10:56 pm |
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Quoting libralady: Quoting SuiGeneris: Quoting aenigma x:
I think nuclear plants are actually very safe (the waste is DEFINITELY another matter ). Chernobil was due to human error and poor management as far as I am aware. Keith will know |
thats why i was saying too risky, humanbeings tend to make mistakes, so it needs perfect unit of control... you know nothing is too simple |
And a cover up! Poor maintenance caused the first pipe to burst and lack of expertise and ignorance for the rest. Ignorance in as much as they kept it quite when they should have evacuated the town. |
Exactly! I didn't want to post here because Sui seems determined for an argument
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 10:58 pm |
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My carbon footprint is horrible. 50,000 -100,000 miles a year flying some years...
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:01 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting libralady: Quoting SuiGeneris: Quoting aenigma x:
I think nuclear plants are actually very safe (the waste is DEFINITELY another matter ). Chernobil was due to human error and poor management as far as I am aware. Keith will know |
thats why i was saying too risky, humanbeings tend to make mistakes, so it needs perfect unit of control... you know nothing is too simple |
And a cover up! Poor maintenance caused the first pipe to burst and lack of expertise and ignorance for the rest. Ignorance in as much as they kept it quite when they should have evacuated the town. |
Exactly! I didn't want to post here because Sui seems determined for an argument |
i dont think we are saying something different... but you know the best if you want to get it as arguement...
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:02 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: My carbon footprint is horrible. 50,000 -100,000 miles a year flying some years... |
I must admit flying and driving are my downfall . Its impossible to live where I do, without a car. I do feel guilty but try to compensate in other areas.
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:02 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting SuiGeneris: Actually, its is understandable for goverments to choose fossil fuel using plants as they are cheaper...
and planting nuclear plant is too risky we all remember the accident chernobil... and the place they have wouldnt be avaliable for alternative energy sources... it has many relations... |
I think nuclear plants are actually very safe (the waste is DEFINITELY another matter ). Chernobil was due to human error and poor management as far as I am aware. Keith will know |
I agree with this. Considering all the years of nuclear power operations, the worldwide saftey record is very good.
A great documentry on Chernobyl was released in the last few years. Basically though, if Russia would have been more a part of global society, they would have accepted more help from the west and saftey features used by the rest of the world would have not allowed it to happen. Even as it was, the operators were performing safety testing at the time ironically. All safety warnings worked as they were supposed to. but operators ignored them and overrode them...
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:04 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting KeithL: My carbon footprint is horrible. 50,000 -100,000 miles a year flying some years... |
I must admit flying and driving are my downfall . Its impossible to live where I do, without a car. I do feel guilty but try to compensate in other areas. |
Flying and driving are the two worst contributors.....
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:05 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: Quoting aenigma x: Quoting KeithL: My carbon footprint is horrible. 50,000 -100,000 miles a year flying some years... |
I must admit flying and driving are my downfall . Its impossible to live where I do, without a car. I do feel guilty but try to compensate in other areas. |
Flying and driving are the two worst contributors..... |
I know
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:06 pm |
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Quoting aenigma x: Quoting KeithL: Quoting aenigma x: Quoting KeithL: My carbon footprint is horrible. 50,000 -100,000 miles a year flying some years... |
I must admit flying and driving are my downfall . Its impossible to live where I do, without a car. I do feel guilty but try to compensate in other areas. |
Flying and driving are the two worst contributors..... |
I know |
I know! I should give up work and become a full time Eco Warrior Then..I would not need to car to get to work and would not be able to afford holidays!!
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:09 pm |
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I walk everywhere. I only drive to get to the ice arena on weekends... 
but ice rinks...another bad addition to my environmental footprint...
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01 Feb 2007 Thu 11:11 pm |
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Quoting KeithL: I walk everywhere. I only drive to get to the ice arena on weekends...
but ice rinks...another bad addition to my environmental footprint... |
I honestly would walk everywhere or get public transport if I could. However, we have no main "town" where I live, just lots of small villages linked by roads. There is only a limited public transport system here
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