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Article #193Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
From: codeman
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 00:00
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Hmmm, give you a few hundred acres, anywhere, and you will move there? No
matter how isolated and desolate it may be? Is that right? No
objections, no buts? OK, I will give you a two hundred acres on the
"sunny" side of the Moon. Go for it.
"Steve Spence" <steve.spence@home.com> wrote in message
news:e5SR4.58026$R4.291836@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com...
> give me a few hundred acres and I will. there has to be water a few
hundred
> feet down, and lots of sun for my pv panels. maybe some wind?
>
> --
> --
> Steve Spence
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> If we don't believe in freedom of speech
> for people who we disagree with, we don't believe in it at all.
> --
>
> "codeman" <codeman@gj.net> wrote in message news:39176174@news.gj.net...
> > Reverse the question, who would live there?
> >
> >
> > "Steve Spence" <steve.spence@home.com> wrote in message
> > news:LWwR4.54953$R4.276555@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com...
> > > uninhabitable to whom?
> > >
> > > --
> > > --
> > > Steve Spence
> > > Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com
> > > Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm
> > > X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10
> > > sspence@webconx.com
> > > (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax
> > > If we don't believe in freedom of speech
> > > for people who we disagree with, we don't believe in it at all.
> > > --
> > >
> > > "TJ" <tjlim@telpacific.com.au> wrote in message
> > > news:39162523@news.rivernet.com.au...
> > > > There is so much land that is totally uninhabitable in Australia.
Why
> > > cannot
> > > > we allocate these sections to house these nuclear waste for sizeble
> > cost.
> > > We
> > > > sell these spaces and ensure that stringent standards are imposed
for
> > > > dumping such waste here. There are lots of revenue from overseas to
be
> > > > earned here.
> > > > <none (Quarks like a duck)> wrote in message
> > > > news:8f2n6g$61p$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net...
> > > > > That is old thinking here in the US. Volunteer communities get
> > > > > educated too quickly on the industry's inabilty to solve the waste
> > > > > problem. I watched many low-level waste communities volunteer and
> then
> > > > > reject the idea soon after.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Ian Mair" <rimair@melbpc.org.au> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >The following paper has been added to the web site of the
> Australian
> > > > Academy
> > > > > >of Technological Sciences and Engineering. It may be viewed by
> > > following
> > > > the
> > > > > >links from http://www.atse.org.au/
> > > > >
> > > > > >"Some Aspects of the Relationship Between Society and the
Disposal
> of
> > > > > >Radioactive Waste", Mr Ian Duncan FTSE
> > > > >
> > > > > >Society accepts that its demands for materials, energy and
> transport
> > > all
> > > > > >create wastes, and yet no community will willingly absorb its
share
> > of
> > > > > >waste, let alone accept a regional or national share. Community
> > > rejection
> > > > of
> > > > > >such a burden is exemplified by the NIMBY ('not in my back-yard')
> > > > > >phenomenon. Recent examination of NIMBY suggests that it could be
> the
> > > > child
> > > > > >of 'top down' siting decisions usually based upon a 'decide,
> announce
> > > and
> > > > > >defend (DAD)' policy. There are indications now that a counter
> > culture
> > > of
> > > > > >'volunteer communities' could mitigate or even overcome this
> > rejection
> > > > > >process.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ecc0,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ecc0,public X-Google-Thread: 107e5d,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gid107e5d,public X-Google-Thread: fb19c,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb19c,public X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gid10df0c,public X-Google-Thread: 102359,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gid102359,public X-Google-Thread: 10c480,76584cf5b626f783 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c480,public From: "codeman" <codeman@gj.net> Subject: Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste Date: 2000/05/09 Message-ID: <3918d1c8@news.gj.net> X-Deja-AN: 621399727 References: <8f1vof$fas$1@possum.melbpc.org.au> <8f2n6g$61p$1@nntp9.atl.mindspring.net> <39162523@news.rivernet.com.au> <LWwR4.54953$R4.276555@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com> <39176174@news.gj.net> <e5SR4.58026$R4.291836@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com> X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 25.gj4.gj.net X-Trace: 9 May 2000 21:05:01 -0600, 199.45.228.130 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 Newsgroups: alt.engineering.nuclear,aus.environment.misc,aus.politics,sci.energy,sci.engr.mining,sci.environment.waste X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600