3 nuclear incidents, workplace mishaps are workplace mishaps, morons get
impaled often, thats simply darwinian logistics. Thats like saying a drill
crew member that walked into traffic got killed in an internet related
incident

On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:

> There have been three Massive incidents.   There have been dozens of
> lesser incidents, many have cost lives...   The very first incident killed
> three guys in the most gruesome way...   Nothing nice about being impaled
> by a couple control rods & being stuck to the top of the containment
> vessel...
>
> On 10/27/25 11:01 AM, Steve Jones wrote:
>
> The spent fuel is no longer  a major issue since the gen3 reactors will
> reuse the old spent fuel, 96% of it, so theres no real new waste for the
> foreseeable future, but I assume the gen3 spent will be way
> mor radioactive.
>
> Around here its definitely bean and food corn crop being built over. I
> dont know what the miles per acre ethanol/vs solar is. other than the spent
> fuel and irradiated containment, the volume of toxic output over the
> reactor life of 80 years, the entire solar/wind will have gone through a
> minimum 3 iterations of toxic landfill waste.
>
> Nuclear has had 3 total incidents, all three were human arrogance gone
> awry. Id like to think the safeguards, particularly in the gen 3 reactors
> will all but eliminate those, and none of the terrible outcomes were as bad
> as they were presented, even chernobyl. (still terrible, just not what we
> were told they were and would be)
>
> I personally think data centers should be banned in all metropolitan
> radius and be mandated to build small footprint gen3 reactors that provide
> 150% of their demand, with the 50% being distributed to the infrastructure
> at no gain to the datacenter, as opposed to the current modality where they
> get bulk rate discounts that we end consumers suffer increased rates for
> due to supply and demand. The leftards should love my plan, its socialism
> of the power grid, the evil billionaire megacorporations paying their fair
> share, but lets face facts here, libiots are fucking liars and have no
> interest in actually doing any of the garbage they spout out. Hell let
> Excelon operate them so the ninnys who would wine about "private" ownership
> of reactors dont get their twat snot all over their panties.
>
> Sure it will be 5 to 10 years and we have to bang the fat girl we took
> home til then, but with actual, rational planning, we would be on the verge
> of no longer suffering power shortages in under a decade. But who wants to
> actually solve problems, amirite?
>
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I think the waste (spent fuel) disposal issue was bigger than people
>> remember.  Big NIMBY problem.  Remember Yucca Mountain?
>>
>>
>>
>> The other issue is commissioning time and cost.  You can spin up a solar
>> farm in like 6 months, with almost no regulatory issues unless you need a
>> zoning variance.  Just make a deal with the landowners.  I’ll drive by a
>> field and see some pickup trucks and a crew putting in stakes, a month
>> later I drive by and there are solar panels, and a month after that it’s
>> hooked up to the grid.  After the fact people will whine on Facebook they
>> are taking good farmland for solar, but actually that land grew corn to
>> make into ethanol for blending with gasoline.  So you can grow corn to fuel
>> gasoline cars or grow electricity to fuel EVs.  Different means, same
>> result.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 27, 2025 11:30 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] ***SPAM*** Re: now we're blowing up boats in the
>> Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> Don't forget Chernobyl.
>>
>> The exclusion zone around Chernobyl is a restricted area in Ukraine and
>> Belarus established after the 1986 nuclear disaster, with an initial radius
>> of about 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) that was later expanded. Today, it
>> covers an area of approximately 1,600 square miles (4,143 square km) in
>> Ukraine, with a separate zone on the Belarusian side called the Polesie
>> State Radioecological Reserve.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 10/27/2025 9:14 AM, Robert wrote:
>>
>> Nuclear,  A handful of acres...  Now who's smoking crack...   Try at
>> least 2 miles square with buffer zones and towers and aux facilities...
>> Diablo Canyon, which is a more recent plant, doesn't need towers due to
>> ocean water cooling, and it's exclusion area is 2 miles on a side.    Now
>> if you want to talk pie in the sky they are saying the new plants, which
>> there are none, are going to be 1/2 mile exclusion.   But again, you want
>> to live/work within that space?
>>
>> Solar isn't any worse than Nuk and a whole lot less support facilities
>> and no shutting down the land use for the next 50-100 years.   Some solar
>> facilities are being raised off the ground by 10 feet to make the areas
>> below usable, which is a benefit to the land owner.
>>
>> Around N. Nevada, the electrical companies are throwing up panels left
>> and right.  Getting BLM land isn't that expensive and the power goes right
>> next door to the server farms.
>>
>> Redwood Industries, the massive lithium recycling company is taking the
>> battery packs that are 99% ok and fixing the couple bad cells and packaging
>> them into lower cost power banks in containers.
>>
>> My knock on Solar is that the weather is getting worse and the damage to
>> the facilities is, in a lot of cases, worked around instead of being
>> repaired.  Easier to just throw up more area than repair large scale damage
>> for a year because old panels are a pita to fix...
>>
>> On 10/27/25 7:47 AM, Bill Prince wrote:
>>
>> AIs don't smoke.
>>
>>
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 10/26/2025 5:34 PM, Steve Jones wrote:
>>
>> How much meth was smoked before this post?
>>
>>
>>
>> You ever see the land lease and neigbor contacts on these?
>>
>>
>>
>> Nuclear, a handful of acres
>>
>>
>>
>> Same solar 4 to 6000 acres
>>
>>
>>
>> Same wind 100s of square miles
>>
>>
>>
>> 24x7 vs good times
>>
>>
>>
>> Once we bust the NRC and get gen3 reactors online, we will start giving
>> salmon their habitat back
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 26, 2025, 12:29 PM Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Petro-dollars are quickly becoming worthless. We've reached the point
>> where renewables (mainly solar) are the fastest, cheapest way to get power
>> to the grid. That will be the main driver going forward. Just in the first
>> half of this year China has put up over 200 GW of solar power. That is
>> roughly equivalent to 200 nuclear reactors. They did that in six months,
>> and it would have taken decades if it was nuclear.
>>
>> A barrel of oil is now around $60, and we are going into a glut, which
>> will drive the price of oil downward. If the price gets much below $50,
>> then all of a sudden all the shale-oil becomes a loser, and will get shut
>> down.
>>
>> It will be interesting how this plays out, but I'm not betting on oil.
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 10/25/2025 5:30 PM, Jan-GAMs wrote:
>>
>> It doesn't work that way.  The petrol-dollar assholes will just get the
>> government to make it illegal and force us to use gas.
>>
>> On 10/24/25 19:46, Steve Jones wrote:
>>
>> George and Gracie did a skit
>>
>> "If we had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham"
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, 12:05 PM Robert <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> IF we actually got functioning Fusion, the greatest benefit would be
>> being able to just forget about all these places...  Take away the
>> petrodollar and they would blow away in the desert winds...
>>
>> On 10/24/25 9:28 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>
>> Yemen has a 10 year old civil war, partly a proxy war between Iran and
>> the Saudis.  Yemen was formed by the merger of North Yemen and South Yemen,
>> the latter was a former British colony.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Houthis are technically a “movement” but they control the capital and
>> much of the territory and have their own government structure.  The
>> internationally recognized and Saudi supported government moved to Adan in
>> the south after the Houthi revolution or coup.  It looks to me like the
>> split might be roughly the former North Yemen under control of the Houthis
>> and the former South Yemen under control of the internationally recognized
>> government.  I seem to remember that the Houthis were threatening to take
>> control of the whole country when the Saudis intervened.  But the Saudis
>> were mainly just bombing stuff.
>>
>>
>>
>> The Houthis are Iranian puppets so you could compare them to Hezbollah,
>> but maybe more like revolutionaries, they control a good chunk of Yemen.
>> Not nice people.
>>
>>
>>
>> But Yemen is a mess.  I think I read the British left because of
>> widespread terrorism and that was decades ago.  If a giant sinkhole
>> swallowed the whole place, we would probably say good riddance.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On
>> Behalf Of *Bill Prince
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2025 10:08 AM
>> *To:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> Are the Houthis an actual country, or just another Al-Qaeda kind of group?
>>
>> bp
>>
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>>
>> On 10/24/2025 7:53 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>
>> So are the Houthis justified sinking vessels in the Red Sea from
>> companies and countries that support Israel’s war in Gaza?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On
>> Behalf Of *Carl Peterson
>> *Sent:* Friday, October 24, 2025 9:40 AM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> The Daily had a really good bit on this yesterday.  Not
>> particularly about blowing up boats but about the competing interests in
>> the Trump administration re Venezuela.  It's a great 30 min listen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Background:  Maduro lost the last election in a landslide (30%/70%) but
>> refused to cede power.
>>
>>
>>
>> TLDL:
>>
>> Trump wanted to cut a deal and was working on it but Rubio won out and is
>> focused on regime change.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/podcasts/the-daily/us-venezuela-maduro-boat-attacks.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Heh
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2025, 9:13 PM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Might be safer to have a Maple Leaf flag.  You could always run the stars
>> and bars, at least they would presume you would be armed and would fight.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 7:41 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> So that American flag on the back is going to protect me from the various
>> other countries that decide to even up the score?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2025, at 9:10 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Stop smuggling and you will be just fine….
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On
>> Behalf Of *Mark Radabaugh
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 23, 2025 6:57 AM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> Someday I would really like to be able to sail around the Caribbean and
>> South America without having to worry about being randomly blown out of the
>> water for no reason at all.   “Well, the US said it was OK to kill people
>> in international waters”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 23, 2025, at 1:31 AM, Jason McKemie <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems very telling that when they blew up a boat and people survived,
>> they sent them back to their home country vs prosecuting them. You can't
>> introduce that testimony into the public record.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 11:44 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Replying to myself, which is perhaps a sign I should be in therapy, but I
>> just realized one reason why the Coast Guard is underappreciated or at
>> least unknown compared to Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.  They are part
>> of DHS not DOD.
>>
>>
>>
>> But now that DOD is calling itself the Department of War, maybe DHS is
>> just fine.  Although one is Hegseth and the other is Noem, so flip a coin.
>>
>>
>>
>> Coast Guard is also much smaller, has a smaller budget, and a much
>> smaller PR budget.  No money to toot their own horn.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 10:50 PM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> Yeah, but if it’s on the ocean, I’d prefer to see a Hawaii Five 0 style
>> chase.  With McGarrett in a speedboat, and at the end he says “book ‘em,
>> Danno”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Besides, I think the Coasties are an underappreciated branch of the US
>> military.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 8:31 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> I prefer to see cartels bombed. When they started moving the fent, they
>> chose bombs. A little nose candy here and there, some dope, a little
>> crystal, even some heroin was manageable. But these ducks decided to move
>> shit that one mistake kills. Fuckbag dealers are putting it it club drugs
>> and on vicodins.  Kids don't have a chance to make a mistake.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bomb the shit out of them. Sink their boats, cut their life jackets, chum
>> the waters, I don't care as long as they die. They don't want to give our
>> kids a second chance, their adults deserve as terrible a death as possible.
>> Idgaf about human rights, they don't, and I have no interest in the high
>> road.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 6:45 PM Dev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Turns out drug dealers sometimes get shot, who knew? Maybe they were
>> delivering critical supplies to orphanages, because speedboats with three
>> engines mean urgent care is being delivered expeditiously?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 22, 2025, at 3:03 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Article on the latest generation of US Coast Guard “Over The Horizon”
>> boats.
>>
>>
>> https://www.workboat.com/shipbuilding/test-driving-the-coast-guard-s-new-over-the-horizon-cutter-boat
>>
>>
>>
>> Generally deployed from a ramp on the back of a larger cutter along with
>> helicopters.  These things vaguely remind me of the WWII PT boats.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would not want to try and outrun the Coast Guard.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 4:24 PM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes, and that's the primary argument against this practice.  If we have
>> solid intel that they're carrying drugs, and we know where they are, then
>> as soon as they enter our territorial waters we can board the boat and
>> arrest them.  The Coast Guard doesn't need a warrant or even a specific
>> reason to board a boat.  Some of those boats are faster than Cutters, but I
>> don't have solid info on how often they actually escape when they're
>> already being tracked.  It's hard to imagine they really get away often
>> because the Coast Guard also has helicopters, and they're allowed to
>> continue a pursuit into international waters (and onto land) as long as the
>> pursuit started in US waters.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regardless of how often they really get away, it's not normal to blow up
>> someone's boat as a law enforcement action.  We also don't execute drug
>> traffickers, and even when the state executes someone there's a trial
>> first.
>>
>>
>>
>> but.....
>>
>>    1. post-911 we treat foreign terrorist organizations as enemy
>>    combatants
>>
>>
>>    1. the executive branch gets to decide who counts as an FTO.  The sec
>>    of state, sec of treasury, and attorney general all have to agree, but 
>> they
>>    also all have the same boss.
>>
>>
>>    1. Nobody can really stop the executive branch from declaring an FTO.
>>
>>
>>    1. Congress could pass a bill to override someone's listing as an
>>       FTO, but to date they've never done it.
>>
>>
>>    1. The courts could overturn an FTO listing, but for a lot of reasons
>>       it's almost impossible.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> So effectively the President and/or their cabinet has a completely legal
>> pathway to authorize military force against just about anyone, and there's
>> very little anyone can do about it.  It's not that I have sympathy for drug
>> smugglers, it's that all we can do is take someone's word for it that it
>> was a drug smuggler.  If anyone is totally comfortable with that then I'm
>> curious what your rationale is.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <
>> [email protected]>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2025 3:00 PM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]>
>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] now we're blowing up boats in the Pacific
>>
>>
>>
>> *https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361
>> <https://x.com/SecWar/status/1981049943306752361>*
>>
>>
>>
>> I thought the Coast Guard was able to intercept boats and board them,
>> arrest people and confiscate cargo.  I seem to remember they specifically
>> acquired high speed boats that were a match for anything a drug runner
>> might have.
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