Comments on: TMI 29 years later: Lies and Damned Lies http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/ An independent blog about intelligent design Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:44:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joy http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63068 Joy Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:28:42 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63068 Rock: <blockquote>It has been described as an addiction! And the answer to addiction is not more of what you are addicted to! Prepare yourself for withdrawel"¦</blockquote> I admit I like the convenience of electricity, but I've lived without it and am not that addicted (apart from my TT addiction!). One of the reasons I live where and how I do. Besides, my 'vintage' Mercedes already runs on biodiesel. I can get it locally because my nearest city's fleets of buses and trucks are required by ordinance to use biodiesel! Krauze - Oh, yeah. THAT's abundantly clear! LOL. I like how he puts Exxon-Mobil right there at the demigod root of evil, right where I'd have put 'em! Rock:

It has been described as an addiction! And the answer to addiction is not more of what you are addicted to!

Prepare yourself for withdrawel"¦

I admit I like the convenience of electricity, but I've lived without it and am not that addicted (apart from my TT addiction!). One of the reasons I live where and how I do. Besides, my 'vintage' Mercedes already runs on biodiesel. I can get it locally because my nearest city's fleets of buses and trucks are required by ordinance to use biodiesel!

Krauze - Oh, yeah. THAT's abundantly clear! LOL. I like how he puts Exxon-Mobil right there at the demigod root of evil, right where I'd have put 'em!

]]> By: Bradford http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63067 Bradford Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:13:39 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63067 The TMI story does have parallels to disputes over neo-Darwinism, ID etc. These kinds of issues are difficult for journalists who must have a level of technical understanding enabling accurate coverage. This difficulty is exacerbated by conflicting POVs coming from those who have such understanding. It appears as if the side with the stronger PR (and other kinds of muscle) wins out in the end. Another disturbing aspect to the nuclear power industry is the need to defend power plants in an age of terrorism. They are of course defended by armed guards but the thought of a well trained, well equiped team of attackers is unsettling. The TMI story does have parallels to disputes over neo-Darwinism, ID etc. These kinds of issues are difficult for journalists who must have a level of technical understanding enabling accurate coverage. This difficulty is exacerbated by conflicting POVs coming from those who have such understanding. It appears as if the side with the stronger PR (and other kinds of muscle) wins out in the end.

Another disturbing aspect to the nuclear power industry is the need to defend power plants in an age of terrorism. They are of course defended by armed guards but the thought of a well trained, well equiped team of attackers is unsettling.

]]> By: Krauze http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63048 Krauze Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:06:09 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63048 In case anyone have trouble understanding this, here's a figure making it <a href="http://cbll.net/misc/e+e/TOL-2k6" rel="nofollow">abundantly clear</a>. :mrgreen: In case anyone have trouble understanding this, here's a figure making it abundantly clear.

:mrgreen:

]]> By: Douglas http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63039 Douglas Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:46:50 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63039 Energy demands increase as the population increases, and as technology and high-tech toys abound. Except for the Amish - all they need is more wood, and more horses. Frugal, cheap, living, but free from energy addiction. Energy demands increase as the population increases, and as technology and high-tech toys abound. Except for the Amish - all they need is more wood, and more horses. Frugal, cheap, living, but free from energy addiction.

]]> By: Rock http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63022 Rock Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:00:17 +0000 http://telicthoughts.com/tmi-29-years-later-lies-and-damned-lies/#comment-63022 If the failure of a bridge(s) resulted in a thirty halt to the construction of bridges, we would all be able to swim for distance. (Actually Americans would all own amphibious automobiles"”because we can't swim; our limbs having atrophied to the point where we can only work a gas and brake peddle and barely make it from the garage to our easy chairs.) There are many good reasons to believe that nuclear power is not a good solution to our problem. A single instance (or even a few) of even catastrophic failures is not a good reason (?!). There is only one "solution" to the problem of energy and everyone has known it all along. And its not more energy! <em>It's less.</em> The consumer demand is not for energy. The demand is for cheap energy that consumers can waste as if energy were not a limited commodity. It has been described as an addiction! And the answer to addiction is not more of what you are addicted to! Prepare yourself for withdrawel... If the failure of a bridge(s) resulted in a thirty halt to the construction of bridges, we would all be able to swim for distance. (Actually Americans would all own amphibious automobiles"”because we can't swim; our limbs having atrophied to the point where we can only work a gas and brake peddle and barely make it from the garage to our easy chairs.)

There are many good reasons to believe that nuclear power is not a good solution to our problem. A single instance (or even a few) of even catastrophic failures is not a good reason (?!).

There is only one "solution" to the problem of energy and everyone has known it all along. And its not more energy! It's less.

The consumer demand is not for energy. The demand is for cheap energy that consumers can waste as if energy were not a limited commodity.

It has been described as an addiction! And the answer to addiction is not more of what you are addicted to!

Prepare yourself for withdrawel…

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