Subject: [sharechat] neclear power good
or bad by macdunk
Hi guys
It starts with a post on cen and ends with a squabble about nuclear
power. Nobody will agree with most opinions based on a complete lack of
factual knowledge. We don't need nuclear power In nz, so why have It.
we have tides rushing in and out of harbours, endless wind sites, plus
numerous hydro sites, and yet we are to stupid to realise the
potential. Listen to so called experts and see what
happens. My own opinion Is nuclear Is the last resort safe or not
. I spent three years In the British army learning the
meaning of the word bull. Take It from me the experts are
so wrong most of the time. I argued In my field with building
Inspectors for quarter of a century about leaky homes, only to be told to
get with It. There are other experts that spring to mind, but the point
being Is we do not need this problem or their
experts
cheers macdunk
Nobody has harnessed tidal power on a really large scale.Nuclear power
stations are being built in several countries
right now.A nuclear power station was completed in Finland
about 2 years ago,the Finns are so pleased with it they
have ordered another one from the French who incidently
produce around 70% of their power from nuclear.
Another country that has a large number of nuclear power stations is
Canada,mostly along the Canadian
US border region.They export a lot of the electricity to the
USA.
Nz planned to build a Nuclear power station many years ago on a site near the
Kaipara Harbour.It did not
go ahead,probably just as well at the time as nuclear
technology was new then.However there has been many years of
development since that time and it may be worth looking at
again.
It does
not produce green house gases.The yearly waste amounts to a few tons,unlike
coal burning power
stations that produce hundreds of thousands of tons of ash
which, I have read may produce as much natural radioactivity
as that "concentrated" in the waste from a nuclear
station.
See IRG research reports
