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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-27-10 10:30 PM Original message |
Argentina begins enriching its own uranium, plans to add two more reactors. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
1. Guess we better invade them. nt |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 01:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Can you imagine a war over solar, wind, or wave energy? |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yes. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 01:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yeah, those solar enrichment facilities to produce the highly enriched sunshine... |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. There is a difference between IMAGINATION and reality. Anti-nukes IMAGINE all. kinds of things not |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
21. The NJ molten salt breeder reactor is I M A G I N A R Y |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Is this weapon's grade and do they still have more generals per capita than any other country? |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Nuclear power is a crock of shit |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:44 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Well of course, we all COULD return to pre-industrial times, a life expectancy of about 25-30 years, |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 07:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Ah, the "I don't want to die" meme. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Anti-nukes are like your least favorite children, you want to love 'em but they make it so damn hard |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I'll help you build 12 coal plants if you help me build 1 nuke plant, they said. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:56 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'd be happy with a polite "Agree to disagree" |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. What was that you said? I tuned you out when you started to disagree with me |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Sorry, but I don't believe that right and wrong are relative things. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 10:19 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I actually don't think "right and wrong" exist at all in any objective sense. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Oh what a bunch of luddite nonsense. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. It's a pisser when people disagree with you, isn't it? |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-28-10 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
11. How can we oppress them and stage coups if they get too "leftist" for our taste? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. And you can bet your ass |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 02:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Just in time for another "nuclear power means nuclear bombs" screed |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 03:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. You are ridiculous and your denial borders on pathological. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. So, once again, you are saying we should not build any nuclear plants designed 50 years ago |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. So your strawman is to support social justice... |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "This is almost certainly the beginning of a nuclear arms race" |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:20 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Absolutely nothing |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
37. The sanctions that they would have for ejecting inspectors would be far worse than any "political... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. No, my strawman was just to parry your strawman |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Nuclear is a third rate solution to climate change - it SLOWS the transition. |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:45 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. And then there is this in response to your claim that nuclear is preferred |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Ranks with Coal-CCS by that report, if more realistic lifetimes are considered... |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 04:35 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. The words "shown" and "proven" have pretty clear meanings |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. Someone please tell me how many times this site crashes... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 11:01 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Number of the day: "about 2900" |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. omfg |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-02-10 10:29 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. It's up to 3010 now. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-02-10 05:22 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. And of course, the best part is that we find this out by Googling. n/t |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. North Korea is the one, and only, state to make a bomb after having signed the NPT. |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
31. Can you possibly ever be more provincial?!? |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Oh I know the difference between the two you can bet your ass on that |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 12:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. You can't tell the difference between Argentina and Venezuela |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. They just want to build bombs - heavy water reactors use natural unenriched uranium |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. The NPT will make that extremely difficult. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. And since they already have two nuclear reactors online and another to start up in 2011... |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
34. The premise of controlling nuclear proliferation in the face of spreading commercial nuclear power |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 12:17 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Iran is not Argentina. Argentina has nothing to gain and will not eject inspectors. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Now, now, now. Let's not bring facts and logic into this. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Every UN sanction against Iran has been over NPT. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-31-10 10:27 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Right |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 05:59 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I wish the South / Central American supporters would jump on this. |
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txlibdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 06:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So what you're saying is: |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-01-10 07:09 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Haha, that's fucked up, and true. So sad. |
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