Comments for Thane Ritchie Sustainable Energy and Ecology http://thaneritchiesustainableenergy.com Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:34:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Comment on Government talks a good game on Nuclear Energy but leaves the waste issue unsolved by David From http://thaneritchiesustainableenergy.com/?p=286&cpage=1#comment-14 David From Tue, 08 Feb 2011 22:34:15 +0000 http://thaneritchiesustainableenergy.com/?p=286#comment-14 Instead, it is so much safer to leave in pools of water at barely guarded nuclear power plants all over the country. The Zion plant (now shuttered) has spent fuel rods a few hundred yards away from Lake Michigan. I toured Yucca Mtn. twelve years ago... it is truly in the middle of nowhere. If we can't store nuclear waste in a mountain in the same desert where we did surface testing of atomic weapons, where can we put it? Instead, it is so much safer to leave in pools of water at barely guarded nuclear power plants all over the country. The Zion plant (now shuttered) has spent fuel rods a few hundred yards away from Lake Michigan.

I toured Yucca Mtn. twelve years ago… it is truly in the middle of nowhere. If we can’t store nuclear waste in a mountain in the same desert where we did surface testing of atomic weapons, where can we put it?

]]> Comment on 10 more years for algae biofuels to compete? by John http://thaneritchiesustainableenergy.com/?p=232&cpage=1#comment-9 John Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:04:46 +0000 http://thaneritchiesustainableenergy.com/?p=232#comment-9 Very insightful information...., I love this blog ! once, and if, algae based fuels are ready, hopefully the fuels standards boards wont crush the technology with requirements that will increase the cost of production beyond that of conventional fuels. This was a contributing factor to bio-diesels demise --having to meet ever increasing ( and dubious) fuel quality standards. Very insightful information…., I love this blog ! once, and if, algae based fuels are ready, hopefully the fuels standards boards wont crush the technology with requirements that will increase the cost of production beyond that of conventional fuels. This was a contributing factor to bio-diesels demise –having to meet ever increasing ( and dubious) fuel quality standards.

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