Where’s Bob? I believe he works there. -D
> On Jun 5, 2018, at 2:55 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Great question. > > I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo > Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it > running are often discussed at the steak house [with cold beer] about 2 > miles from the site, by engineers that work there. "I'm from the government > and we're not happy until you're not happy." seems to fit quite nicely. It > is a "regulation rich environment" at the plant. > > After several decades of nuke plant operation in USA, we have reached a > problem with no solution. Nuke plants produce waste nuke material, with a > handy 1/2 life of several thousand years, and..... we have no place to > "dispose of it". The nuke disposal sites are now loaded to max... > Sooooooooooo... > > Where? > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I am curious. Are nuclear power plants really a bad idea or did we just >> screw it up with government regulation? >> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 11:18 Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! >>> >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a "Little Question" >>> however.... >>>> that has to be answered first... > > Great question. > > I live downwind of the last Nuke plant certified in USA [I think] Palo > Verde Nuke plant west of Phoenix, AZ. The hoops required to keep it > running are often discussed at the steak house [with cold beer] about 2 > miles from the site, by engineers that work there. "I'm from the government > and we're not happy until you're not happy." seems to fit quite nicely. It > is a "regulation rich environment" at the plant. > > After several decades of nuke plant operation in USA, we have reached a > problem with no solution. Nuke plants produce waste nuke material, with a > handy 1/2 life of several thousand years, and..... we have no place to > "dispose of it". The nuke disposal sites are now loaded to max... > Sooooooooooo... > > Where? > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I am curious. Are nuclear power plants really a bad idea or did we just >> screw it up with government regulation? >> >> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018, 11:18 Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Oh yeah, good points. We need to build more Nukes! >>> >>> ------------- >>> Max >>> Charleston SC >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 11:10 AM, G Mann via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> OK, all good points, and I hear them. Just a "Little Question" >>> however.... >>>> that has to be answered first... >>>> >>>> Where are you going to get the power to charge all these electric >>> vehicles >>>> that are going to "take over how the world drives"? >>>> >>>> The electric power grid is falling apart. There are elements of it that >>> are >>>> over 100 years old and patched together. First ice storm.. or wind >>> storm.. >>>> the grid goes down. >>>> What will power the new power plants necessary to support the grid load >>> of >>>> even a few thousand electric cars plugged in overnight? What is the >> lead >>>> time to get approval for a new power plant, distribution lines? etc etc >>> et >>>> al. >>>> >>>> Electric car/ hybrid is a grand scheme... but it's missing a whole lot >> of >>>> pieces to really make it work. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 6:47 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < >>>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'd never heard of that Honda Clarity either, but I think that >> concept >>>>> (plug-in hybrid) will be the long term winner. Plug the car in at >> home >>>> to >>>>> charge during the night, then use all-electric power for the short >> trip >>>>> to/from work. Gasoline (or better yet a diesel) engine that kicks in >>> to >>>>> both drive the car and charge the batteries so the range is actually >>>> useful >>>>> and hurricane evacuation or a long road trip is possible. >>>>> >>>>> Now make them EMP-proof, un-hackable so the roosians or chinee don't >> do >>>> me >>>>> in, and designed so that if the battery pack fails, the car will >> still >>>>> function on fossil fuels, and it is a car that I might consider in >>> twenty >>>>> years or so. >>>>> >>>>> ------------- >>>>> Max >>>>> Charleston SC >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
