tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post2290881911941132940..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: It's Getting Harder To Be An EnvironmentalistDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-86764308202016910402016-03-08T17:07:58.647-08:002016-03-08T17:07:58.647-08:00We don't even need to wait for thorium. We co...We don't even need to wait for thorium. We could get safer, more efficient reactors today if they didn't have the requirement to be able to make fuel for bombs. Lukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02859967465168138805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-68969073495795773492016-03-06T18:04:59.684-08:002016-03-06T18:04:59.684-08:00Wait for thorium reactors. We went with uranium on...Wait for thorium reactors. We went with uranium ones during the cold war because we wanted the bomb material. No one looked at thorium for decades, but it's getting serious study now, and the Chinese are moving ahead quickly with it.Auntie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777983027361603449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-25447126238171876982016-03-06T09:53:14.879-08:002016-03-06T09:53:14.879-08:00"they'd support relatively clean, safe, p..."they'd support relatively clean, safe, plentiful, reilable, inexpensive nuclear power."<br /><br />We shall call it Fukushima II.<br /><br />Nuclear is not safe. And the radioactive waste is radioactive forever. Not a sustainable option. Nice for creating vast expanses of cheap real estate in Japan and Russia, though.<br /><br />The sun showers us with more energy than we know what to do with. That's the way out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-71020545089886462092016-03-06T06:03:58.390-08:002016-03-06T06:03:58.390-08:00I just read a recent article discussing the fact t...I just read a recent article discussing the fact that dead whales are being found on the shores of the English Channel, near offshore wind farms. Official comments express puzzlement but no mention of the possibility that the constant noise messes up whales' sonar navigation ability. After all, these wonderful "green" things can't possibly have any negative aspects, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-72727085231864386352016-03-05T19:08:39.592-08:002016-03-05T19:08:39.592-08:00I love how the LA Times fudges the truth right at ...I love how the LA Times fudges the truth right at the end of the first paragraph: "220-mph system". The state long ago had to fess up that it won't come close to that speed. <br /><br />Later in the article, it says the minimum time from LA to San Fran will be 3hs 14min; doing the math, that come out to only about 120mph, and that's without any stops anywhere along the line. Add in a couple 20-minute stops for passengers to come and go, and that will be down close to the car speed limit before they're done. <br /><br />And a flight takes a little over an hour. Even with time in the airports, it's going to end up faster and probably comparable price.Auntie Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05777983027361603449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-53059671198725094012016-03-05T17:44:13.948-08:002016-03-05T17:44:13.948-08:00I agree, there's nothing wrong with being a go...I agree, there's nothing wrong with being a good steward of the earth. That's why I consider myself a conservationist.<br /><br />But today's so-called environmentalists wackjobs? Count me out.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-4380882159975938902016-03-05T16:47:48.452-08:002016-03-05T16:47:48.452-08:00Nothing wrong with being a good steward of the ear...Nothing wrong with being a good steward of the earth. To this day, I applaud Nixon for his courage with Clean Air/Water. And, the growth of "fracking" still makes me uneasy, as does a dependence on fossil fuels. At the very least I'd really appreciate it if more people stopped dropping their garbage all over the trails I'm hiking.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.com