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  • Reply to: Moore Delivers For Nuclear Waste Client   17 years 3 months ago
    CSP

    Thanks Gerry, I have to confess that I'd never heard of CSP before. Thanks for the links, I'll go have a look. Cheers Bob

  • Reply to: Moore Delivers For Nuclear Waste Client   17 years 3 months ago

    Regarding "Moore Delivers For Nuclear Waste Client" (2007-01-20), there really is no no need for nuclear power in the US because there is a simple mature technology available that can deliver huge amounts of clean energy without any of the headaches of nuclear power.

    I refer to 'concentrating solar power' (CSP), the technique of concentrating sunlight using mirrors to create heat, and then using the heat to raise steam and drive turbines and generators, just like a conventional power station. It is possible to store solar heat in melted salts so that electricity generation may continue through the night or on cloudy days. This technology has been generating electricity successfully in California since 1985 and half a million Californians currently get their electricity from this source. CSP plants are now being planned or built in many parts of the world.

    CSP works best in hot deserts and, of course, these are not always nearby! But it is feasible and economic to transmit solar electricity over very long distances using highly-efficient 'HVDC' transmission lines. With transmission losses at about 3% per 1000 km, solar electricity may be transmitted to anywhere in the US. CSP plants in the south western states of the US could easily meet the entire current US demand for electricity.

    In the recent 'TRANS-CSP' report commissioned by the German government, it is estimated that CSP electricity, imported from North Africa and the Middle East, could become one of the cheapest sources of electricity in Europe, including the cost of transmission. A large-scale HVDC transmission grid has also been proposed by Airtricity as a means of optimising the use of wind power throughout Europe.

    Further information about CSP may be found at www.trec-uk.org.uk and www.trecers.net . Copies of the TRANS-CSP report may be downloaded from www.trec-uk.org.uk/reports.htm . The many problems associated with nuclear power are summarised at www.mng.org.uk/green_house/no_nukes.htm .

  • Reply to: Bush Plans Post-Presidential Think Tank   17 years 3 months ago

    So this Institute for Democracy is meant to promote "compassionate conservatism, the spread of freedom and democracy throughout the world and defeating terrorism" ?

    These are Bush's usual sales pitches. And as usual, the aim of the game is to promote passionate fundamentalism, the spread of fear and ultranationalism throughout the world and defeating the moderates.

    It is time for the American audience to understand this Administration's blunders were actually strategical successes for the true W :
    . George W. Bush didn't act in the interest of his country as a President of the United States.
    . George W. Bush didn't even act in the interest of his party as a Republican.
    . George W. Bush did act in the interest of fundamentalism as a fundamentalist.

    Once again, the war in Iraq was not masterminded by neocons for the benefit of oilcos : the war in Iraq was sold by neocons to SIGs which in turn "sold" it to the Congress, but it was masterminded by a bunch of crazy theocons who planned from the start the collapse of Iraq and a final showdown between Israel and Iran.
    "True" neocons did believe in the "democracy" agenda. They realized too late their mistake.
    "True" theocons did believe Dubya would help them become mainstream. They realized too late this stubborn again Christian went too far : exposing their crazy theories to a wider audience actually deserved them.
    "True" SIGs did believe they would gain from the war in Iraq. As a matter of fact, they made big profits out of it : Bush turned a huge budget surplus into an abyssal deficit and his favorite "Have Mores" got their slice of the cake. But SIGs realized too late the road to Baghdad wasn't meant as a business trip : from the start, Dubya waged a religious crusade.

    Remember his first speech after 9/11 ? Using the word "crusade" was neither a mistake nor a lapsus linguae but a crystal clear signal to his base.

    Remember who was the first statesman to visit Ground Zero ? A man who knew quite a few things about Islamist terror and the dangers of a counterproductive invasion which would ignite a civil war, tear apart Iraq and boost terror across the world. Jacques Chirac was a dangerous advocate of reason against this fundamentalist folly. France was to be "punished". As a result, the US are being punished.

    What I'm worrying is the final days of 43's regime. This mad crusader knows he's not likely to have a fundamentalist successor, so he will seize any opportunity to fulfill his most important task : make the so-called Bible Prophecy happen.

    If you missed the previous episodes and have been spared by the massive online ads of doomsday theoricians*, here's the story : Bush believes Jesus Christ's Second Coming will be provoqued by the ultimate war between Israel and Iran. Crazy enough ? There's more : the Shiite sect to which Mahmoud Ahmadinejad belongs believes the Mahdi is coming this spring... which means Dubya's favorite philosopher will face another heavyweight messianic figure somewhere between the begining of the MLB season and the NBA finals. This definitely beats Rocky Balboa's return, Jason vs Freddy and even Alien vs Predator !
    Both sides consider it The Clash between Good and Evil... without noticing they're talking about the same God. So make that "Good vs Good", or better : "dimwit vs dimwit".

    It would be laughable if human lives and nuclear powers weren't involved.

    If God does exist, I guess the time has actually come to pay us a visit and wipe all this crap out of the surface of the Earth.

    And if democracy does exist in Amerika, please impeach both Bush and Cheney before they start bombing Iran.

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    * The Restored Church Of God even posted an ad for their 2007 doomsday prophecies on my blog ! Praise Google Adsense allmighty for His relevance...

  • Reply to: Interview a Soldier, Go to Jail   17 years 3 months ago

    His pronoucement it's shocking:

    http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=558

    You may check more stuff at ForaTv.Tones of videos about Iraq.
    They also have this program:

    http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=475

    it's about the "Use of Force and Legitimacy" - International Perspectives on the Use of Force and Legitimacy- In the aftermath of the Iraq war and President George W. Bush.

  • Reply to: Let the Campaign Begin: A Rundown of Potential 2008 Presidential Candidates   17 years 3 months ago
    Check it out.You may watch some of them speaking outside the massive TV system.Check Hilary Clinton at FORA TV : http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=517 Also, Barack Obama it's there.They have some interesting speeches going on ...you may check and see the candidates without "filters". See Obama: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=445

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