From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,60e2922351e0e780 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-21 00:44:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!tar-atanamir.cbb-automation.DE!not-for-mail From: Dmitry A. Kazakov Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Nuclear Waste (Was Re-Marketing Ada) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:47:17 +0100 Message-ID: References: <49cbf610.0311191248.7eb48a43@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: tar-atanamir.cbb-automation.de (212.79.194.116) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1069404253 60487732 212.79.194.116 (16 [77047]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2783 Date: 2003-11-21T09:47:17+01:00 List-Id: On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:16:16 -0500, "Chad R. Meiners" wrote: >"Dmitry A. Kazakov" wrote in message >news:jioprvkn6v025drp4qf1iuolqdto3rtd89@4ax.com... >> However there is a true long term perspective problem with nuclear >> energy. Nuclear energy shifts the temperature balance, because it is a >> source of energy indendent from what we are receiving from the sun. At >> the present level it is nothing and will remain nothing for a very >> long period of time. But some day it will be necessary to find a way >> to radiate the heat dissipated in the atmosphere into space. > >How would that compare to the extra energy that the earth traps from >increase of CO2 in the air? >;-) In a long term perspective, there is no alternative to nuclear energy. CO2 emission is rather a short term problem. However it illustrates a rather obvous fact that old technology causes more damage for less gain. It is amazing how greens became an obstacle to resolving CO2 problem. -- Regards, Dmitry Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de