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@Patrick Kelley Same thing with solar. Solar cells...concentrate a beam to boil water.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:01:26 PM
But I like my cell phone and internet.by Nancy 3/26/2011 9:01:30 PM
For that matter, what will happen when we lose our magnetic shielding from cosmic radiation next time the Earth's polarity reverses? This will be soon. Meanwhile, I believe distributed energy is part of the answer, along with conservation.by Alaskan 3/26/2011 9:01:35 PM
There is no big money in renewable energyby George Gibb 3/26/2011 9:01:40 PM
First pic after dawn, again smoke is seen: pointscope01.jp
by Mina via Pointscope01.jp 3/26/2011 9:01:43 PM- @Jojo : this is only a question of money. renewables can be done if they give them the money for research. but they prefer to spend it on nuclear energy.by Matsuoko 3/26/2011 9:01:47 PM
@Jim Come to my house. I hunt, fish, grow veggies and fruit, know how can food, and to tan skins! :)by marie rich 3/26/2011 9:01:50 PM- smoke = hydrogenby hans 3/26/2011 9:02:09 PM
- @marie rich your talking like a survivorby George Gibb 3/26/2011 9:02:28 PM
- @Nancy There are 104 nuke plants in the country. Given this disaster, they must look like an inviting target.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:02:34 PM
there may not be money in renewables, but there is LIFE in it... I hope it will be enough of an incentiveby Meretisa 3/26/2011 9:02:34 PM- The problem with renewables in the US is we have a big political lobby against it funded by oil and coal companies.by Nancy 3/26/2011 9:02:34 PM
@Alaskan I might be afraid to know the answer to your question.by Janis 3/26/2011 9:02:42 PM- i wonder how much radioactivity is in this smoke every dayby hans 3/26/2011 9:02:50 PM
- @George Nah, just a weirdo...by marie rich 3/26/2011 9:02:52 PM
- @Nancy BRB, need to churn some butter... :)by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:03:13 PM
- @marie rich lol Marie. No way...YOU might have the last laugh some day. Good for you.by Janis 3/26/2011 9:03:21 PM
- lolby George Gibb 3/26/2011 9:03:21 PM
@Mina, seems #3 is still angryby WolfDK 3/26/2011 9:03:38 PM
@Nancy In George Stewart's (magnificent) novel Earth Abides, after mankind had mostly been wiped out by a virus, the city-dwelling survivors who knew nothing about pre-industrial ways were the first to die.by Bobby1 3/26/2011 9:03:52 PM
Thanks guys, I have a wind generator and built my own computer. :)by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 9:03:57 PM
@marie we should hang out, I run an eco-hostel in remote mexico :)by Patrick Kelley 3/26/2011 9:03:58 PM- @Janis for fun, I beat my hand-made african drum LOL really!by marie rich 3/26/2011 9:04:06 PM
- @Matsuoko There is plenty of $ in renewables, the tech is just not there. Even so, we should expand it by fiat to reduce our exposure to nuclear/fossil fuels. We'll get there eventually.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:04:31 PM
- We have huge wind potential in SD and MN near where I live. We can't get enough line capacity or state cooperation in SD to fully take advantage. Meanwhile MN has made it a priority and has huge windfarms in SW MN. We just need it to be made a priority.by Nancy 3/26/2011 9:04:40 PM
- @marie rich I want to be your friend. lol You are my kind of gal!by Janis 3/26/2011 9:04:43 PM
- @all hey, we seem to have alot more than nukes in common, vy coolby marie rich 3/26/2011 9:04:47 PM
The air is cool there in the morning. There's always steam in the first shots. It's actually looking gless than yesterday at this time, but that could be wind or dew point.by radioguy 3/26/2011 9:04:49 PM- @Nancy It will be...it's a slow process, but it's coming.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:05:23 PM
- @all about www.bbc.co.uk. My dd received 30x2 gray for a brain tumor. Two months later all her hair is gone, she is sick, tired, cannot concentrate anymore, more epilepsy attacks, strange sensations in her head, a beautiful glow on her face, etc etc. The reason why they give these patients that amount of radiation is that they won't live long enough anyway!!!They will be death from the cancer before the full impact of the radiation. No IMMEDIATE danger, that's right.by gabke 3/26/2011 9:06:21 PM
@wolfdk what worries me more is the grey haze to the right of the steam it has shown when the light is right for 2 days at least sometimes you get steam too but the haze looks ominousby elainekirk 3/26/2011 9:06:30 PM- @Nancy We have a wind farm just down the road. Texas has more wind power than any other state.by Jim Carver 3/26/2011 9:06:32 PM
- @ Jim Carver at 1:59- Finally, a good reason to be old!by JPH 3/26/2011 9:07:24 PM
- we have no nuclear plants. lucky country hereby hans 3/26/2011 9:07:33 PM
- @Jojo : i don't agree. there are plans to build up solar and wind parks in africa that would provide enough energy for europe and africa. it's just the money they cannot realize it now.by Matsuoko 3/26/2011 9:07:35 PM
- Each place should have specific energy generation. Like cane refuse burning plants in Fl, geothermal in WY and Ca, saw dust pellets in the logging states, etc.by marie rich 3/26/2011 9:08:02 PM
- my dd received 30x2 grays for a braintumor. After two months no more hair, sick, tired more epilepsy, a beautiful shine on her face, concentration probs, wordfinding probs etc. The reason they give such patients that amount of radiation is b/c it makes life 'better' NOW and they won't live long enough anyhow, to experience the full result of radiation. www.bbc.co.uk . PUKE!!!! Gabkeby gabke 3/26/2011 9:08:11 PM
- @elainekirk2001, was also what i looked at thats not just steamby WolfDK 3/26/2011 9:08:32 PM
- @Matsuoko From what I've seen they have to be heavily subsidized, and are incredibly inefficient. That said, we should still push them purely for safety reasons.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:09:41 PM
in the latest webcam it looks like steam rising from Fukushima plant this morning.by Tenzing 3/26/2011 9:10:24 PM- its hydrogenby hans 3/26/2011 9:10:49 PM
@jojo With political backing renewables can very quickly become efficient.by es 3/26/2011 9:11:18 PM- www3.nhk.or.jp 1.4 mSv was found in a spot 30 km NW of the plant. So after 3 days (72 hours) it would be about 100 mSv. Yikes!by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:11:21 PM
- @Paul (UK) 1:35 =Dby JPH 3/26/2011 9:11:31 PM
- @es I hope so, but we've had the DOE for 30 odd years already.by Jojo 3/26/2011 9:11:51 PM
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