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Originally posted by Meat187 The German government has decided some time ago to abandon nuclear energy, giving in to the green movement and some other idiots talking shit about it. I think that's an immensely stupid decision for many reasons. We throw away important technology and reasearch results, as well as some jobs in that area. And our neighbour countries just build new nuclear power plants along our boarder from which we continue to buy our energy . So all the stupid government has achieved is to give up control, independence and a cheap, reliable and (relatively) clean power source for idealistic ideas.

What a shame. Was that Gerhard Schroeder's doing or before him?

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

The U.S. is still pretty backward that way.

In France, nuclear energy is the biggest source of power.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel What a shame. Was that Gerhard Schroeder's doing or before him?

Yeah, that was Schröders work, heavily influenced by Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (German green party) and his environment minister Trittin.

I like the idea of pursueing renewable energy sources, but they are not fully adequate for a number of reasons. There just is no sensible reason to abandon nuclear power, and I get so pissed when politicians (usually supported by the press) manage to enforce stupid shit like that on people.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Do you mind if I were allowed to read your paper? Oh and for those that don't know, 3 of the 4 reactors at Chernobyl, are active and in use today.

Do you speak Croatian?

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Originally posted by Meat187 Yeah, that was Schröders work, heavily influenced by Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (German green party) and his environment minister Trittin. I like the idea of pursueing renewable energy sources, but they are not fully adequate for a number of reasons. There just is no sensible reason to abandon nuclear power, and I get so pissed when politicians (usually supported by the press) manage to enforce stupid shit like that on people.

(I took german for 3 years in high school)
Hahaha I figured it was his work. He did a lot of good, but there were also a lot of things that he just fucked up. I guess he was better than god damned Bush though lol

For sure. Nuclear is one of the best renewable alternatives, as it has the highest yield for the smallest unit of fuel.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

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Originally posted by Gauss Do you speak Croatian?

Unfortunately no. Oh well.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel I think that people are still assuming that all nuclear power is going to end up, or have the potential to end up, just like Chernobyl.

My knee-jerk reaction is "god, I can't believe there are people that stupid," and then I realize the place and age that I live in. And then I get depressed.





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Seriously though, as it has already been said in this thread, nuclear power is by far the most viable option right now. Build the fucking plants already!

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Originally posted by nrjizer Build the fucking plants already!

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Originally posted by gehzumteufel Unfortunately no. Oh well.

Heh. I'm sure you could understand a part of it vaguely if you speak Russian, but that's not it.

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Originally posted by Gauss Heh. I'm sure you could understand a part of it vaguely if you speak Russian, but that's not it.

The amount of Russian I speak, is so miniscule, I wouldn't even vaguely understand it. It's all good. Thanks anyways!

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

I'm personally pro nuclear too. But to add a few caveats to what has been said. It isn't always cheaper. It isn't renewable. And those working at or around active sites do have a higher chance of cancer.

That said you'd need something like 1000-3000 100ft high wind turbines with a life of 20 years max to cover what one nuclear power plant would provide. Once these are dumped what happens to them? There would be massive amounts of waste.

End of the day if you have a manged repository so what if it's active at least you know it is. Try digging up some standard uranium ore or check out if you have radon gas in your house.

Also these days the amount of activated material is much lower. The materials used in reactors don't become active (obviously the fuel is). Then you have a dunt (a lot) of "low level waste" which is basically not active. Just stuff that has been used in an area where contamination is possible. But how bad are these areas? People work in them every day.... 99% of waste will actually not be "active in any way".

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