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337 comments on Is Nuclear Power a Viable Option for Our Energy Needs?

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HongKong Trader on August 8, 2006 - 10:05pm

Or just operate electric transport fueled by nuclear reactors. Save the oil for other uses - fertilisers, explosives anything else.

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Engineer-Poet on August 8, 2006 - 11:39pm

If you can get the nukes to make hydrogen (via either thermochemical methods or high-temp electrolysis), all you need is a Haber plant and the fertilizer angle is covered.

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HongKong Trader on August 8, 2006 - 11:42pm

that sounds neat... thanks. There is always a solution you never even thought of.

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Engineer-Poet on August 9, 2006 - 12:39am

That's why I'm a cautious optimist; there's always something, but the PTB sometimes have to be sledgehammered into allowing it to be used as opposed to what the special interests (ethanol) want.

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HongKong Trader on August 9, 2006 - 2:19am

what is PTB please?

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CapnBligh on August 9, 2006 - 2:48am

PTB is a TLA.

PTB = Powers That Be

TLA = Three-Letter Acronym

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HongKong Trader on August 9, 2006 - 3:05am

Okay, thanks. TMSTM.

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HongKong Trader on August 9, 2006 - 3:06am

BTW, thats a FLA.

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HongKong Trader on August 9, 2006 - 4:47am

OTOH, IMHO, TPB -> BTL.

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HongKong Trader on August 9, 2006 - 4:49am

Dohh. I mean:

OTOH, IMHO, PTB -> BTL.

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