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POPS10 reasons to avoid nuclear energy This issue is also related to water shortage and drought-read the article on this relationship. Already, wind energy can produce electricity for less than five cents per kWh, and concentrated solar power can produce energy for 11-12 cents per kWh—even at night—and these costs are decreasing. Alternatives do not produce nuclear waste, and they do not face the same extensive safety, regulatory, and construction costs and delays that nuclear does.
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POPSUnderstanding the full cost of a nuclear power plan History has taught us that civilian nuclear programs can -- and do -- lead to the production of nuclear weapons as happened in India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea. The presence of nuclear power plants has provoked acts of aggression, even war. Israel bombed nuclear facilities in Iraq and Syria. The U.S. went to war in Iraq at least on the pretext that the country was developing nuclear weapons. The concerns surrounding Iran's nuclear intentions are indicative of the blurred line between civilian and military nuclear activities. Iran's uranium enrichment program has inspired 14 other Middle Eastern countries to express an interest in acquiring nuclear power programs, a poorly-disguised cover story for nuclear weapons posturing.
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POPSU.S. occupation "Now those that hate the US can condemn the US for its brutal success in defending its interests and those of other free nations around the world. But to instantly brand “Occupation” a dirty word belies the truth of history. The better economic and social system always wins...."
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POPSFrance the the beneficiary of nuclear growth... even though their construction projects aren't going so well. That great sucking sound you hear is proposed or in-the-works nuclear plants blowing their budgets everywhere. French company Areva's first EPR project, in Finland, is two years behind schedule and at least $1.5-billion over budget. Its second, in France's Normandy region, is headed in the same direction, after construction stalled for several weeks recently. It's not just the skyrocketing price of basic materials, such as concrete and steel, that's driving costs upward. So-called third generation reactors - such Areva's EPR and Atomic Energy's ACR-1000 - are still works in progress. And the two decades during which nuclear power faced desert-like prospects has left the industry grappling with a severe shortage of skilled workers.
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POPSMagnetic Movie fascinating 4 min video at site showing how magnetic fields look, act, sound....
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POPSImproved shopping with RFID Here is a new German product called the Tip 'n Tell, a PDA with plug in RFID interrogator. There a youtube vid on it at the article source
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POPSArctic Sea Ice images Arctic ice extent from satellite photos. The picture on the left was taken in September 1979; the picture on the right was taken on September 9, 2007--most of you have seen the news in 2008-we continue to have big break-offs of ice Go here for current projections of 2050 and 2100 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/06/vanishing-sea-ice/sea-ice-interactive
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POPS495 million for Yucca Mountain Will completion of Yucca mean trains and trucks all over the U.S transporting radioactive nuclear waste there? (coming to a town near you?)
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POPSBill Moyers on Media Reform The trend towards "communitainment" by major media undermines democracy. Some press members are deferential complicit enablers. Ads, celebrities, nonsense and propaganda often dominate tv news in order for the conglomorates to please shareholders and pay top management.
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POPSSolving Health Care in America
The blend of private insurance and medical services coupled with government standards is a low cost flexible and competitive approach to universal coverage. The use of a two tiered system along with a co pay for visits both gives incentive to the patient to be compliant and helps eliminate unnecessary use of medical services. An escalating co-pay for repeat offenders could also be an incentive to keep costs down. The US under such a system would continue to remain the leader in health care. Giving grants to research centers and training hospitals allows for on going research as well as giving an upward path to those with strange diseases or the need for specialized care. The system in place is a good system. By eliminating the abuses of Medicare and encouraging preventive care the system could operate in a superior fashion at or below what we are currently paying in taxes today. (All elected officials have to be in the system. They cannot have special treatment. )
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POPSxtreme hybrid car 150 mpg.....This was a 2007 Saturn Vue Greenline, converted to an Extreme Hybrid™ by custom fitting it with Lithium Ion Batteries, Ultracapacitors, a Motor Generator, AFS Trinity patented Power Electronics and Controls, and other parts. Automakers do not have to wait for new battery developments in order to create plugin hybrids that can go 40 miles on an overnight plug in charge. They can do this today by utilizing current lithium batteries protected within an AFS Trinity Fast Energy™ system.
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POPSFiling of Yucca Mountain Application The Nuclear Energy Institute's president and chief executive officer, Frank L. (Skip) Bowman, made the following remarks today in response to the U.S. Department of Energy's filing of a license application with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the planned repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., for used nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste
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POPSBill Richardson on foreign policy since he may be Obama's VP, and this guy has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 5 times, here's his bio http://www.governor.state.nm.us/governor.php
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