tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post537101529316614488..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: If not Indian Point, then What?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-23468225079888336892010-04-16T02:12:08.643-04:002010-04-16T02:12:08.643-04:00@Anon (#?) -- Apology accepted. I try diligently t...@Anon (#?) -- Apology accepted. I try diligently to leave comments that are substantive, occasionally humorous - even though it takes some effort.<br /><br />We can "thank" people like Rachel Maddow for the spread of the "teabagger" smear. The Tea Party Patriots could hardly be convicted of conjuring that moniker to their movement. And I'd be willing to bet that a high percentage of them are strong proponents of nuclear power plants.DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-5637708436570517912010-04-15T20:32:02.013-04:002010-04-15T20:32:02.013-04:00The term also has non-obscene definitions.
Oh, st...<i>The term also has non-obscene definitions.</i><br /><br />Oh, stop it. Just stop it. Don't try to make jerks out of us. We knew what you meant, and you did, too. So just stop it.<br /><br />If you wanted to refer to the anti-tax increase, anti-big government, anti-government takeover protesters, there were other terms you could have used. But you chose a term that had the most obscene connotations. Like I said, we don't need that DU-style filth here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-58685753771450633722010-04-15T16:18:37.858-04:002010-04-15T16:18:37.858-04:00I withdraw above comment, was confusing DF with so...I withdraw above comment, was confusing DF with someone else. My apologies Doc. There's a lot of (off-topic) Obama-bashing on this blog, and sometimes it's hard to keep track of who said what.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-49067970208443959292010-04-15T13:39:47.054-04:002010-04-15T13:39:47.054-04:00"Can we stick to the facts and recognize our ..."Can we stick to the facts and recognize our real adversary - anti-nukes - and not merely our political ones?"<br /><br />This is hilarious coming from DocForesight, as this is perhaps the only thread on this blog he's commented on that he HASN'T tried to turn into an anti-Obama discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-34804472725398807302010-04-15T13:37:21.298-04:002010-04-15T13:37:21.298-04:00To our anonymous moral overseer:
The term also ha...To our anonymous moral overseer:<br /><br />The term also has non-obscene definitions. Some of the Tea Party groups have referred to themselves using this term. <br /><br />http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/04/15/snapshots-of-teabaggers<br /><br />Your choosing to default to the obscene definition is not my fault or concern. Do you also complain on the ESPN web site every time they mention balls?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-5886252551948195412010-04-15T09:26:41.729-04:002010-04-15T09:26:41.729-04:00There are plenty of teabagger web sites to post th...<i>There are plenty of teabagger web sites to post this stuff.</i><br /><br />"Teabgger" is it? Since when did NEI Nuclear Notes become a porn blog? We don't need that kind of Democratic Underground-style filthy language here. Stick to the subject? How about starting with not using gutter language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-83142809065444528922010-04-14T20:40:07.162-04:002010-04-14T20:40:07.162-04:00Wasn't there also some move to ban docking of ...Wasn't there also some move to ban docking of LNG carriers in Northeast ports? So you can't pipe it, you can't ship it, how are you even going to transport the fuel to a generating site, much less build the darn thing and it's millions of tons of CO2 emissions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-32970028438101715472010-04-14T20:01:50.391-04:002010-04-14T20:01:50.391-04:00For as offensive as it is to blaming Obama in this...For as offensive as it is to blaming Obama in this, can we agree that it is equally offensive to use the "teabagger" or "denier" smear? <br /><br />The fact is, eliminating IP would cause intense hardship on New Yorkers and provide nothing in environmental benefit - in fact, it would inflict more harm. Can we stick to the facts and recognize our real adversary - anti-nukes - and not merely our political ones?DocForesightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-6066684310790942982010-04-14T15:53:24.656-04:002010-04-14T15:53:24.656-04:00The National Academy of Sciences studied the quest...The National Academy of Sciences studied the question of replacing Indian Point back in 2006.<br /><br />http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11666&page=R1<br /><br />Their conclusion?<br /><br />"While the committee is optimistic that technical solutions do exist for the replacement of Indian Point, it is considerably less confident that the necessary political, regulatory, financial, and institutional mechanisms are in place to facilitate the timely implementation of these replacement options. The importance of this issue cannot be overstated in developing options for maintaining a reliable electric energy supply for the New York City metropolitan area."<br /><br />In other words, New York City is in deep do-do (e.g., blackouts) without Indian Point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-36309306925248561682010-04-14T14:51:36.856-04:002010-04-14T14:51:36.856-04:00The struggle to increase gas capacity in the north...The struggle to increase gas capacity in the northeast is an even bigger struggle than the nuclear/antinuclear struggle.<br /><br /><br />Upshot: There is not now, nor will there be in the immediate future, any excess gas capacity to replace IPEC's generation.<br /><br /><br />It took over 12 years to install the vastly reduced Millennium pipeline, and there are no plans for any new pipes.<br /><br /><br />Therefore any talk about replacing IPEC with gas, is purest naive nonsense.<br /><br /><br />We need not compute anything, to put the lie to Matthiessen's pipe dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-54515479789875734852010-04-14T13:51:21.349-04:002010-04-14T13:51:21.349-04:00Anonymous: Thanks, could not have said it better.
...Anonymous: Thanks, could not have said it better.<br /><br />It may take something like having Exelon close down Oyster Creek and then people watching the electric bills jump to combat this idiocy --- trouble is, it will take a long time for the lesson to sink in.SteveK9noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-21789836233761198452010-04-14T11:31:37.558-04:002010-04-14T11:31:37.558-04:00What does Obama have to do with this thread? Has h...What does Obama have to do with this thread? Has he ever utterred a word opposing Indian Point? There are plenty of teabagger web sites to post this stuff. Stick to the subject.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-23265650428007135812010-04-14T09:58:21.857-04:002010-04-14T09:58:21.857-04:00The cost doesn't matter! Since New York went ...The cost doesn't matter! Since New York went to Obama in the electoral college, he can be depended upon to sell T-bills to the Chinese and pay for the natural gas that way, so that New Yorkers don't have to pay for it. Price is no object!Sterling Archernoreply@blogger.com