And don’t for a moment think that Ireland will ever lead the charge in any area of technology, especially one that is engineering driven,
so we ‘aint going to come up with any “silver bullet” StarTreck style global fixes either.
It int gonna save the worldWhat about wavebob? An Irish company leading the way in wave power generation.
I can only hope. For a responsible, grown up society, nuclear is the clear and obvious energy source. Huge energy density, tiny amounts of waste and no greenhouse gases.I'll tell you what will happen.
They will continue to prattle on about GW, fossil fuels et al for a decade or so, until we are so worn down that we won't even complain when they tell us the only way is to build nuclear power stations.
Then they will.
I'll tell you what will happen.
They will continue to prattle on about GW, fossil fuels et al for a decade or so, until we are so worn down that we won't even complain when they tell us the only way is to build nuclear power stations.
Then they will.
One nuclear station in Ireland would provide all our energy needs. Just one.
We could then close all the fossil fuel burning stations.
One nuclear station in Ireland would provide all our energy needs. Just one. We could then close all the fossil fuel burning stations.
It int gonna save the world
After building this single nuclear power station and closing all the fossil fuel power stations what would we then do when this single (point-of-failure) nuclear power station has to close temporarily for whatever reason? We're going to need at least two aren't we.
Why do planes carry more than one engine?
Probably (to become energy independent or to cut CO2, take your pick). Three or four, for redundancy; surpluses could be sold into the European grid.Wasn't that what I was just pointing out. Do you think we can/could/should/subsidise build 2 nuclear power stations?
Well oil prices are (long term) only going one way and coal isn't very clean or healthy (aside from the CO2 climate change issue) so we might not have a whole lot of options?Wasn't that what I was just pointing out. Do you think we can/could/should/subsidise build 2 nuclear power stations?
Some chance of that happening in this countryLeast of all with the Greens in charge. Eamon Ryan has even banned a company from exploring for plutonium in Donegal, because he says its illegal!
Indeed, but why then did Eamonn Ryan (the darling of the Green Party) make the decision he did?Nobody said it would be easy. Its an option among many. It's easier to give up and blame 'tokenism'.
Indeed. More specifically it makes hypocrites of Ryan and his fellow travellers who turn up their noses at the very mention of nuclear power.But as I said, we already import energy from the UK, some of which is nuclear generated. So that makes many of us hypocrites.
Indeed, but why then did Eamonn Ryan (the darling of the Green Party) make the decision he did?
Indeed. More specifically it makes hypocrites of Ryan and his fellow travellers who turn up their noses at the very mention of nuclear power.
Well oil prices are (long term) only going one way and coal isn't very clean or healthy (aside from the CO2 climate change issue) so we might not have a whole lot of options?
Indeed, but why then did Eamonn Ryan (the darling of the Green Party) make the decision he did?
Indeed. More specifically it makes hypocrites of Ryan and his fellow travellers who turn up their noses at the very mention of nuclear power.
Didn't he also say we need a debate in this country. Granted, he's basically said he would not be for it but at least he's called for a debate in this country to be had on the issue which most politicans will not touch with a barge poll.
Calling for a debate is one thing. Actually doing something is another thing entirely. And calling for a debate while at the same time forbidding even the exploration of plutonium reserves seems to me to be trying to have it both ways.
The cost of uranium is about 25% of the cost of nuclear power. And even then you can reprocess 97% of nuclear waste and use that in the generation of more energy.I know and I agree but have you checked the price of Uranium over the last couple of years? It's gone up as much as all the other fuels and will (long term) only continue to rise especially if any large scale nuclear build programmes are announced.
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