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{"topics":[{"id":"537d7c8d6368721175c40000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Whatevs\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7c176368721134840000#post_537d7c176368721134840000\r\n[bq=\"Whatevs\"]\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7b4f636872122f480000#post_537d7b4f636872122f480000\r\nI doubt solar will be worth a damn in only a decade. I really think nuclear is the best option [spoiler] and not just because I will be a Nuclear Engineer in the Navy [/spoiler][/bq]\r\nNow if a product undersells a competitor by a lot who do you think will sell more?  If one product costs a cent a killowatt whereas the other other costs seventeen cents a killowatt who do you think is going to sell better?","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"537d7d0e6368721243f90000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7c8d6368721175c40000#post_537d7c8d6368721175c40000\r\nNot sure what you are talking about but predatory pricing has not worked in the past.\r\nAt least not without a monopoly granted by the gov","author":"4fe16df67f123b13e400003f"},{"id":"537d7d626368721243870100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7c8d6368721175c40000#post_537d7c8d6368721175c40000\r\nI'd stay far away from nuclear power. If that were the norm think of all the radioactive waste we would have not to mention the danger of a meltdown and environmental contamination. Remember Chernobyl, Three Mile Island, and the recent accident in Fukushima?","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d7df063687263740d0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7d626368721243870100#post_537d7d626368721243870100\r\nFusion has figured out why their reactors were so inefficient.  It's going to be another decade until it's feasible.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"537d7e3e6368725e7e1e0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7d626368721243870100#post_537d7d626368721243870100\r\nI actually believe nuclear power is statistically safer. Especially if you consider reactors that are not in plants (like on Navy ships and subs)","author":"4fe16df67f123b13e400003f"},{"id":"537d7e8663687260651b0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"Now that we're on nuclear subject. Is it possible to stop a nuclear meltdown, theoretically speaking?","author":"4fdfbf92945b7075d50036e4"},{"id":"537d7edb6368726065500000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7df063687263740d0000#post_537d7df063687263740d0000\r\nUltimately I think algae, wind and solar are the way to go; no pollution issues, very little land use relative to other methods and no hazardous waste. Also the infrastructure is fairly cheap and there is no danger of an explosion or meltdown (unless some idiot screws up during the titration process of the algae oil).","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d7f5d6368725ff85b0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7d626368721243870100#post_537d7d626368721243870100\r\nChernobyl-type accidents are not possible in any reactor built by the West in the past 40 years. Three Mile Island did not impact any off-site areas. Fukushima deaths were mostly from the tsunami.\r\n\r\nCoal kills way more people than nuclear power.","author":"50b70eeb7f123b1a02000097"},{"id":"537d7f6b6368725d71750000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Whatevs\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7e3e6368725e7e1e0000#post_537d7e3e6368725e7e1e0000\r\nAll it takes is one little mistake and there could be a contamination hazard. Nuclear energy is used on military vessels because it allows them to stay out at sea for very long periods and used by subs so the can stay submerged for a very long time. ","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d7f826368725d48790000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@QuasarNova\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7e8663687260651b0000#post_537d7e8663687260651b0000\r\nMost of the meltdowns in the past been because of human stupidity; except Fukushima acts of god don't count.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"537d7fc16368725f2d770000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7d626368721243870100#post_537d7d626368721243870100\r\nChernobyl's technologies were archaic and inferior to today's nuclear reactors. Plus, it was avoidable human error that caused the meltdown. The workers in there were also conscripted.\r\nJapan's Fukushima plant was made to be earthquake resistant. Just that the earthqauke that happened was stronger than expected, and also brought in a tsunami that knocked out it's cooling waters.\r\n\r\nI wouldn't throw away nuclear power just like that. In the future, it may be the power source that brings us into deep space.","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"537d80296368725e02ae0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Randomosaur\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7f5d6368725ff85b0000#post_537d7f5d6368725ff85b0000\r\nCoal may kill more people but that's because coal is in much greater use than nuclear. I'd much rather go with algae or solar which poses no contamination risk and has no hazardous waste.","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d80f96368726314ef0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d7f826368725d48790000#post_537d7f826368725d48790000\r\nAnd we learn from our mistakes.\r\nBut even then, shit happens. Deal with it.\r\n\r\nJapan NEEDS nuclear power to sustain it enormous demand for power. A highly populated archipelago nation that lacks land and natural resources.\r\nIt can't just keep importing fossil fuel.","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"537d814a6368726314290100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d80296368725e02ae0000#post_537d80296368725e02ae0000\r\nNot every place has those luxuries.","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"537d81706368725ff8440100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d80f96368726314ef0000#post_537d80f96368726314ef0000\r\nIt could build a large solar and wind farm out at sea and also grow algae offshore too.","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d81ed6368725e9e990100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"yaaaaay, another day im getting only 4 hours of sleep, yippie.\r\n\r\nfucking finals.","author":"5154c5237f123bcd580002fc"},{"id":"537d81f86368725d9ae50100","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@someguy111\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d81706368725ff8440100#post_537d81706368725ff8440100\r\nYou can't deny how crazy efficient nuclear power is.\r\n\r\nExpensive. And logistically ineffective in some places. What about Geothermal power?","author":"4fde5cee945b700a970060fc"},{"id":"537d824563687263143b0200","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"How about we just murder pegasus foals, use their blood to make rainbows and pass it off as a boarding school?","author":"50b70eeb7f123b1a02000097"},{"id":"537d8294636872547a080000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d81f86368725d9ae50100#post_537d81f86368725d9ae50100\r\nGeothermal is good; it just has severe limitations on where it can be used.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"537d82ee636872547a2e0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d8294636872547a080000#post_537d8294636872547a080000\r\nJapan is volcanic you know.","author":"50b70eeb7f123b1a02000097"},{"id":"537d832e636872517c340000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Randomosaur\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d82ee636872547a2e0000#post_537d82ee636872547a2e0000\r\nI'm not familiar with how active japan.","author":"38b55cdf63616403d7560600"},{"id":"537d835263687254bf270000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@Randomosaur\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d824563687263143b0200#post_537d824563687263143b0200\r\nThat seems kinda stupid and pointlessly cruel. I mean it would be one thing if we murdered them for something vital/amusing, but rainbows? No one actually needs those.\r\n\r\nBesides, presumably light refracts the same even in a high magic environment, even if the magic particles would force it to slow down quite a bit.","author":"4f41ee04945b701c41002af7"},{"id":"537d837a63687255731e0000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@uc9\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d832e636872517c340000#post_537d832e636872517c340000\r\n\"Here's a list.\":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volcanoes_in_Japan ","author":"50b70eeb7f123b1a02000097"},{"id":"537d838163687254a3260000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@SeraphimDawn\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d81f86368725d9ae50100#post_537d81f86368725d9ae50100\r\nGeothermal is hit or miss. In places with lots of volcanic activity it would make sense on a small scale at least but to satisfy the huge demands of out society I feel there are far better ways to go.","author":"5010fa077f123b1e4f00104e"},{"id":"537d83c0636872560e640000","topic_id":"5161dd617f123bd25900013d","body":"\"@gasmaskangel\":/dis/the-time-wasting-thread/post/537d835263687254bf270000#post_537d835263687254bf270000\r\nI see you've never read _Rainbow Factory_.","author":"50b70eeb7f123b1a02000097"}]}