Friday, January 03, 2003
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Something about the push for solar power.
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Thoughts
by: annonymousposts (38/M/New Mexico) 01/03/03 11:34 pm
Msg: 360 of 362
1 recommendation
While everything has a cost, I think there are some overall misconceptions about the cost/benefit & risk/reward associated with the posts on this board.
To those who think this is nothing but a target for terrorists:
Get a life. For you, they've won. You're scared and paranoid. A power tower in the middle of nowhere Australia is not a prime target, is it? I mean, where's the collateral damage terrorists would want? The next targets are going to be smaller than WTC and will probably be aimed at large gathering/population centers. Don't ya think? Seems obvious to me that a tower in Australia would be of little interest to a terrorist.
To those who keep repeating that nuclear and/or hydro power is the way to go:
Where can we store the spent fuel? Huh? We can't even store the spent fuel we have, much less the millions of tons more that'd be generated by more nuclear plants. And hydro? C'mon. How many more rivers and their ecosystems have to be destroyed before we realize that doesn't work either. What we need are systems that don't leave behind any waste. While this system could (farfetched idea coming) cause thermal atmospheric changes if hundreds or thousands of these towers were built, it's at least a step away from our current wasteful behaviors.
To those who are using this to spew forth a bunch of anti-Arab/Semite/Canadian rhetoric:
Jeez! Hate much?! It is specifically that sort of rhetoric that the hate-mongers want you to spout forth. You are, in fact, fueling their cause by provoking them and exhibiting behavior that allows them to believe Americans are evil. Not to sound to motherly, but for crying out loud, don't operate any heavy machinery and please, don't go into the water for thirty minutes, you may get a cramp or something.
To those who are trying to intelligently respond to the issues of renewable energy and its relationship to this proposed structure:
Thanks.
Oh, and please, either learn to spell or learn to type!
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Something about the push for solar power.
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Thoughts
by: annonymousposts (38/M/New Mexico) 01/03/03 11:34 pm
Msg: 360 of 362
1 recommendation
While everything has a cost, I think there are some overall misconceptions about the cost/benefit & risk/reward associated with the posts on this board.
To those who think this is nothing but a target for terrorists:
Get a life. For you, they've won. You're scared and paranoid. A power tower in the middle of nowhere Australia is not a prime target, is it? I mean, where's the collateral damage terrorists would want? The next targets are going to be smaller than WTC and will probably be aimed at large gathering/population centers. Don't ya think? Seems obvious to me that a tower in Australia would be of little interest to a terrorist.
To those who keep repeating that nuclear and/or hydro power is the way to go:
Where can we store the spent fuel? Huh? We can't even store the spent fuel we have, much less the millions of tons more that'd be generated by more nuclear plants. And hydro? C'mon. How many more rivers and their ecosystems have to be destroyed before we realize that doesn't work either. What we need are systems that don't leave behind any waste. While this system could (farfetched idea coming) cause thermal atmospheric changes if hundreds or thousands of these towers were built, it's at least a step away from our current wasteful behaviors.
To those who are using this to spew forth a bunch of anti-Arab/Semite/Canadian rhetoric:
Jeez! Hate much?! It is specifically that sort of rhetoric that the hate-mongers want you to spout forth. You are, in fact, fueling their cause by provoking them and exhibiting behavior that allows them to believe Americans are evil. Not to sound to motherly, but for crying out loud, don't operate any heavy machinery and please, don't go into the water for thirty minutes, you may get a cramp or something.
To those who are trying to intelligently respond to the issues of renewable energy and its relationship to this proposed structure:
Thanks.
Oh, and please, either learn to spell or learn to type!
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