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Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste

#196
From: Steve Spence
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 00:00
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hmm... the moon, well I could make it livable, with enough cash, but the
topic is Australia, and yes, I would do it just to prove it's possible.
Isolation and desolation are relative terms.

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"codeman" <codeman@gj.net> wrote in message news:3918d1c8@news.gj.net...
> 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$R4.291836@news1.rdc1.nj.home.com...
> > give me a few hundred acres and I will. there has to be water a few
> hundred
> > feet down, and lots of sun for my pv panels. maybe some wind?
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Steve Spence
> > Renewable Energy Pages - http://www.webconx.com
> > Palm Pilot Pages - http://www.webconx.com/palm
> > X10 Home Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10
> > sspence@webconx.com
> > (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax
> > If we don't believe in freedom of speech
> > for people who we disagree with, we don't believe in it at all.
> > --
> >
> > "codeman" <codeman@gj.net> wrote in message news:39176174@news.gj.net...
> > > Reverse the question,  who would live there?
> > >
> > >
> > > "Steve Spence" <steve.spence@home.com> wrote in message
> > > news:LWwR4.54953$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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> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > >
> > >
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From: "Steve Spence" <steve.spence@home.com>
Subject: Re: Disposal of Radioactive Waste
Date: 2000/05/10
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