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  Re: A kind of revolution is happening in the United States  
From: Warp
Date: 14 Apr 2011 14:48:31
Message: <4da7417e@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> On 4/14/2011 10:04, Warp wrote:
> > Darren New<dne### [at] sanrrcom>  wrote:
> >> Saying "shut down 80% of the power plants in your
> >> country and go back to 19th century technology" is something else.
> >
> >    How about "shut down 80% of the power plants in your country and move
> > to the 21st century already"? Producing energy by eg. burning coal is just
> > utterly stupid.

> And what would you suggest for (say) a country that wants to industrialize 
> that doesn't have the infrastructure to build nuclear reactors? A big city 
> in Kenya, say, where 50 miles away people still spin wool by hand? How are 
> you going to build a safe nuclear reactor? Or do you want to Chernobyl all 
> over again?

  And do you think burning coal is the solution?

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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