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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Why do they hate us?
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 19:26:57 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <9212281914.AA01253@TIS.COM>
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- In article <9212281914.AA01253@TIS.COM>, richard@TIS.COM (Richard Clark) writes:
- > I wish I had Carl's faith in the US Govt. :) BWAAAAAAHAHAHAAAA! :)
-
- I'm glad I don't have my head stuck where yours is.
-
- > Realistic scenario? Easy. What makes you think the US govt is not
- >becoming more and more corrupt and incapable of performing its functions?
- >What happens when the powers-that-be decide that its OK to abuse a reactor
- >when they can't find funding to build a new one? Or when they know the
- >regulators aren't looking? It costs mega-dollars to shut one of them things
- >down, even for a little while for repairs. In a buck-driven society, people
- >are meaningless, the greenback is lord. Sorry Carl, but as optimistic as
- >I'd like to be, the only reality I can logicaly envision is not pretty.
-
- You seem to have ignored my request that you account for differences in the
- design of commercial nuclear reactors in the United States and the design of
- the Chernobyl plant. That leads me to suppose that you really don't know the
- difference.
-
- > Nuclear power safe? Only as long as its governing bodies are stable.
- >The collapse that happened in the (former) USSR will eventually and inevitably
- >happen here... Oooooo the ugliness... I think I'll stick my head back in the
- >sand, butt in the air, and just give up and wait...
-
- Fine. So what if it does? Please try to include in your next feeble attempt
- at a plausible scenario at least a *LITTE* knowledge of current nuclear reactor
- designs.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
-
- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-