Why do conservatives whine about capitalism,opportunity with green power?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by dsq, Apr 28, 2009.

  1. dsq

    dsq

    Yeah all the trillions of dollars we wont be sending to mid east for their oil and wars.
    You make a lot of sense-NOT.
     
    #11     Apr 28, 2009
  2. Until oil goes up and stays up, it is not going to happen. The other technologies may have some merit, I am not schooled yet to offer an opinion on those.
     
    #12     Apr 28, 2009

  3. I guess we wouldn't have to if the greenies would let us do our own drilling.
     
    #13     Apr 28, 2009
  4. dsq

    dsq

    nukes are a fossil fuel you moron...uranium('the fossil') is mined from the ground,it can used once only(non-renewable) and then it produces the most enduring toxic emission known to man(radioactivity)....
     
    #14     Apr 28, 2009
  5. Tom B

    Tom B

    If uranium is a "fossil", what organism did it come from? You should stop writing. You are making a fool of yourself. Uranium is an element.

    Uranium (pronounced /jʊˈreɪniəm/) is a silvery-white metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the symbol U and atomic number 92. It has 92 protons and 92 electrons, 6 of them valence electrons. It can have between 141 and 146 neutrons, with 146 (U-238) and 143 in its most common isotopes. Uranium has the highest atomic weight of the naturally occurring elements. Uranium is approximately 70% denser than lead, but not as dense as gold or tungsten. It is weakly radioactive. It occurs naturally in low concentrations (a few parts per million) in soil, rock and water, and is commercially extracted from uranium-bearing minerals such as uraninite (see uranium mining).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium

    Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil

    Teach us some more, Mr. Science. :D
     
    #15     Apr 28, 2009
  6. dsq

    dsq

    First you need to learn basic english....'fossil' is a euphimism you retard...uranium is considered as a fossil fuel just like coal...thats why i put it in quotation...uranium like oil is xtracted from the earth and can be used once only...
     
    #16     Apr 28, 2009
  7. Tom B

    Tom B

    Keep digging Einstein. :D
     
    #17     Apr 28, 2009
  8. Dogs lick themselves because they can, republicans whine because they can...

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    #18     Apr 28, 2009
  9. Tom B

    Tom B

    You of all people should refrain from using pictures of children with your history.
     
    #19     Apr 28, 2009
  10. Just to help you out a little.

    Oil, which powers the world via gas, diesel, fuel oil, kerosene, and many other types of fuel is called a fossil fuel because it is the decomposition of organic matter. Coal and natural gas fall into the same category.

    These are all complex molecules that have carbon as the primary element but also have hydrogen and others as well. These are all created here naturally on earth from biomass that has died and decayed under the appropriate conditions (heat and pressures being the two main ones)

    Uranium is an element that is formed when massive stars (roughly 5-6 times the mass of the sun or more) explode in a event called a super nova. During these events enough energy is released to fuse elements together higher than iron. No element higher than iron is formed by nature unless it came from a super nova. Why, because it takes more energy to fuse iron with other elements that you receive.

    Yes we "dig up" both Uranium and oil/coal/nat gas, but they are vastly different in the makup and how the are created and Uranium is most definitely not a fossil fuel.

    Continuing the lesson:
    Nuclear power today's relies on fission, which splits an atom into two or more constituent atoms (that not are different elements). Uranium is popular because the higher up the periodic table an element it the more protons, electrons, neutrons in that element. The more of these in a atom the lower its stability which makes it easier to split. Also, the greater the neutrons, the easier it is to split making U238 the preferred element for fission.

    Energy from fission is derived from a nuclear reaction whereas energy from fossils fuels is a chemical reaction.

    Both nuclear fission and fossils fuels are create pollutants. What we need is nuclear fusion, which is the exact opposite of fission. In Fusion two lighter atoms are fused through heat and pressure to create a new element. Fusion is where Einstein created his famous equation E=MC^2 and is the principle behind modern nuclear weapons (the H-bomb). The original nuclear weapons were fission based.
     
    #20     Apr 28, 2009