[lbo-talk] catastrophy

[Wojtek S]

Jordan: "How many plants does France have?  20."
[WS]:
"As of April 1, 2008, 439 nuclear power plants were installed in 31
countries (including 104 in the US, 59 in France, 55 in Japan, 31 in
the Russian Federation, and 20 in the Republic of Korea). The US
produces more electric power from nuclear energy than any other
country (29.2% of the world total in 2005).20 France, Japan, and
Germany follow. France uses nuclear power to supply 79% of its
electricity." http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayHTMLArticleforfree.cfm?JournalCode=EE&Year=2009&ManuscriptID=b809990c&Iss=Advance_Article

Jordan: "Are you convinced?"
[WS:] As I said, I agree with Lovins' argument, but I am not convinced
that nuclear is not better than coal, because I believe that to date
more people died as a result of accidents involving coal extraction,
and pollution resulting from using it in electricity generation than
from pollution generated by nuclear plants.  Furthermore, my point was
not to defend nuclear power generation but to be rational about (just
like hype about plane crashes obscures the fact that plane travel is
safer than car travel, about which there is little hype.)

Wojtek

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> Wojtek wrote:
>
>>> FYI, France operates as many if not more nuclear power
>>> plants as Japan or the US, but it has not had a single
>>> accident - which indicates that it is possible to
>>> operate these plants in a safe manner.
>
> How many plants does France have?  20.
>
> How many plants does the US have?  64.
>
> How many plants does Japan have?  23.
>
> How many accidents has France had?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France#Accidents_and_incidents
>
> Let's be kind (and not risk legal action?) and call it: "more than a single"
> ...
>
> You're more fun to kick around than a dead cat.
>
> /jordan
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