On 29/03/2011 12:17 p.m., Alan Bourke wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 10:51 -0300, "Ricardo Aráoz"<[email protected]> > wrote: >> O >> Then there is the problem of when things don't work as expected. Then >> you have a Chernobyl. > Chernobyl was a bad reactor design, poorly maintained in a crumbling > regime.
I think you knew what I meant, whether you choose to take it literally, like a machine, or answer to the meaning of the phrase is up to you. Do you know the word sophism? >> Of course this won't happen every year, but just >> once every century is too much. > Is it, statistically? If a Chernobyl happened once a century it would > still cost far fewer lives than mining and coal/gas exploration, or > probably even people erecting wind turbines at sea. Nothing is without > risk. Are you only counting lives? Are they building anything around Chernobyl these days? Can you grow food there? What about people who don't die but have been exposed to radiation? Do you count their malformed children too? What if radioactivity pours into the ocean? It costs no lives at all? So it is no big deal then? I agree with you, nothing is without risk, and even a traditional farm pollutes. There are degrees. But I think the risks involved in nuclear energy (risks that are never taken into account when calculating energy cost), and the risks and costs of disposing of nuclear waste (which are not included either in the calculations), make it too expensive. But of course it is a good investment, after all you privatize earnings and socialize some of the costs. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
