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Re: Off Topic - Homework Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2008 11:20:37 +0000

Palindrome wrote:
>
> I well remember a *university* first year question which gave a choice
> of two, and only two, answers to the question of "Which is the better
> source of energy?", (a) nuclear power stations or (b) coal fired power
> stations.
>
Nuclear of course. We've a nice little reactor only a few minutes away
which kicks out nearly 4*10^26 watts; costs nothing to run; and should
happily tick over for the next few million years unattended.
De-commissioning, when the time comes, will be somebody else's problem. ;-)

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Mike
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