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Rob in Adelaide
Chatswood, Australia
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Earthling-1 wrote: <quoted text>That's shocking! - Guess how many people have been killed whilst travelling since 1840? Should travel be banned? Let's break it down into sections: How many killed whilst travelling to work? How many killed whilst returning home from work? How many killed whilst going on holiday/vacation? How many killed whilst returning from holiday/vacation? How many killed whilst going out for the evening? How many killed whilst.........get the picture? - That should keep you busy for a while. - NB: Here are some UK stats for you to work with: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_Road_Ca... I completely agree.. Why dwell on a couple of nuclear accidents when in totality, they amount to one poofteenth of a percent of accidents world wide. Well pointed out.
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Rob in Adelaide
Chatswood, Australia
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AMY__ wrote: <quoted text>Problem is we have no "new reactors". Most are more than 30 years old and outdated. Hi again Amy, Maybe not in your neck of the woods, but I assure you that across the world new nuclear power plants are under construciton all the time. The US has not built one for some time, and as a result lags the rest of the world. Mainland China has 14 nuclear power reactors, more than 25 under construction, 40 by 2020, 200 by 2030 and 400 by 2050. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html
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AMY__
Corydon, KY
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Rob in Adelaide wrote: <quoted text> Hi again Amy, Maybe not in your neck of the woods, but I assure you that across the world new nuclear power plants are under construciton all the time. The US has not built one for some time, and as a result lags the rest of the world. Mainland China has 14 nuclear power reactors, more than 25 under construction, 40 by 2020, 200 by 2030 and 400 by 2050. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf63.html Yes, and we really trust the quality work the Chinese do don't we. If a few thousand die in China the government really doesn't mind. Hope their nuclear safety is better than their mining safety. A few deaths doesn't really matter unless they are your family does it ??
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“Be true to yourself.”
Since: Oct 10
Mountain hideaway, Spain
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42 work related fatalities for one year, 2010-2011 in the UK. http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatalinjurie... The preliminary count of fatal work injuries in the U.S. in 2010 was 4,547. http://www.bls.gov/iif/ In 2008, there were almost five thousand fatal accidents at work across the EU (excluding Greece and Northern Ireland) http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/statistics_e...
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Rob in Adelaide
Chatswood, Australia
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AMY__ wrote: <quoted text>Yes, and we really trust the quality work the Chinese do don't we. If a few thousand die in China the government really doesn't mind. Hope their nuclear safety is better than their mining safety. A few deaths doesn't really matter unless they are your family does it ?? OK, lets look at the world, Nuclear power generation occurs in 29 countries around the globe in 434 Nuclear Reactors, consuming 61,654 tonnes of Uranium, which we, in Australia, are eternally grateful for. There are currently 61 (26 in China) reactors being built and 156 Reactors (120 in China) being planned. So, the rest of the world is building Reactors as well, including 1 under construction in the USA and 27 being planned. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/reactors.ht... Do you have any references for your statements or is it just pure opinion?
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BasicSalt
Robinson, IL
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Well rob, you can have all the nukes you want. Here in the states it's a different climate concerning new construction. They are too expensive and taxpayers are not to keen on paying for them.
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Since: Oct 10
Mountain hideaway, Spain
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BasicSalt wrote: Well rob, you can have all the nukes you want. Here in the states it's a different climate concerning new construction. They are too expensive and taxpayers are not toO keen on paying for them. Do US taxpayers prefer wars? You could have quite a few nuclear power plants for the $1 trillion cost of Iraq war #2. But there's more: Iraq war ends with a $4 trillion IOU Veterans’ health care costs to rise sharply over the next 40 years http://www.marketwatch.com/story/iraq-war-end... - Oh yes, don't forget Afghanistan.
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So there are 0 caSualtieS in japan?
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BasicSalt
Corydon, KY
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Earthling-1 wrote: <quoted text>Do US taxpayers prefer wars? You could have quite a few nuclear power plants for the $1 trillion cost of Iraq war #2. But there's more: Iraq war ends with a $4 trillion IOU Veterans’ health care costs to rise sharply over the next 40 years http://www.marketwatch.com/story/iraq-war-end... - Oh yes, don't forget Afghanistan. We don't want "quite a few" more nuclear plants here or to be like Japan. For a trillion dollars we could have a lot of things here .
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“Be true to yourself.”
Since: Oct 10
Mountain hideaway, Spain
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BasicSalt wrote: We don't want "quite a few" more nuclear plants here or to be like Japan. Who's we? BasicSalt wrote: For a trillion dollars we could have a lot of things here . Yep, but what do you get apart from more wars?
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AMY__
Corydon, KY
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Earthling-1 wrote: <quoted text>Who's we?<quoted text>Yep, but what do you get apart from more wars? Your great at asking dumb questions......but that's about all.
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“Be true to yourself.”
Since: Oct 10
Mountain hideaway, Spain
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AMY__ wrote: Your great That should be you're or you are great. You'd use 'your great aunt' in a sentence. But thanks for the compliment anyway.
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