On 4/15/2011 8:52, Invisible wrote:
> On 15/04/2011 16:28, Darren New wrote:
>> On 4/15/2011 2:21, Invisible wrote:
>>> Nuclear power works in theory. In practise, if you make even the tiniest
>>> mistake, just once, everything is ruined forever.
>>
>> It's possible (in theory) to build a plant where such isn't the case.
>> It's just that afaik nobody is doing that, because nobody has already
>> done it.
>
> I'd be rather surprised if you can build a system powered by radiation such
> that it doesn't use much radiation.

I didn't say that. I said a mistake doesn't leak dangerous radioactivity.

If I said "it's possible to build a car that can hit a wall at 100MPH 
without the passenger getting hurt", would you say "I'd be rather surprised 
you can build a car that won't run into walls."

> I said /land area/ doesn't grow on trees! :-P

I know. It was just amusing.

>>> People have tried to make cars that run on electricity rather than fossil
>>> fuels. But that just means that you burn the fuel at the power plant
>>> rather than in the car.
>>
>> The advantage is it's far more efficient to generate the power centrally
>> and distribute it than it is to generate it locally.
>
> Is it?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=electric-cars-cost-per-charge

How come I do your googling for you? :-)

> In that case, just ban *all* forms of lighting! That should create a market
> demand alright...

Well, banned for everyone but essential legislative services, of course.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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