Comments on: Don’t Forget to Vote for The 2007 Falsies Awards http://blog.techfun.org/2007/11/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards/ Linux, Politics, Whatever... Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:23:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Techfun http://blog.techfun.org/2007/11/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-168 Techfun Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:14:44 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards#comment-168 Any time! It's easy to confuse issues with the presentation of the issues. For some people there seems to be no difference at all. Look at ACLU bashing by the conservative talk radio folks and you can see that problem in action. Any time! It’s easy to confuse issues with the presentation of the issues. For some people there seems to be no difference at all. Look at ACLU bashing by the conservative talk radio folks and you can see that problem in action.

]]> By: RobC http://blog.techfun.org/2007/11/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-169 RobC Thu, 22 Nov 2007 05:00:35 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards#comment-169 JD, thanks for correcting my misunderstanding. I've gone over to the prwatch website and understand better what's being voted on. Yep, there are some winners there! JD, thanks for correcting my misunderstanding. I’ve gone over to the prwatch website and understand better what’s being voted on. Yep, there are some winners there!

]]> By: Techfun http://blog.techfun.org/2007/11/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Techfun Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:54:17 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards#comment-170 <p> Sure, anyone can vote. But keep in mind the Falsies has nothing to do with environmentalism or environmentalists. It's about the so called "news" industry spinning or allowing itself to be spun. The Nuclear Energy issue thats up for a vote this year is about truth in advertising and letting people see the truth behind what they are being told and then making a decision.</p> <p>I'm with you, I think nuclear energy beats the hell out of the current trend towards building more coal burning power plants in almost every way. <strike>One thing I do wonder about is how much fuel for nuclear reactors we have available in the long term but I readily admit ignorance there</strike>.  Scratch that -  I checked out your site and read the info from the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/News/2006/uranium_resources.html">IAEA</a> and now I feel better.</p> Sure, anyone can vote. But keep in mind the Falsies has nothing to do with environmentalism or environmentalists. It’s about the so called “news” industry spinning or allowing itself to be spun. The Nuclear Energy issue thats up for a vote this year is about truth in advertising and letting people see the truth behind what they are being told and then making a decision.

I’m with you, I think nuclear energy beats the hell out of the current trend towards building more coal burning power plants in almost every way. One thing I do wonder about is how much fuel for nuclear reactors we have available in the long term but I readily admit ignorance there.  Scratch that -  I checked out your site and read the info from the IAEA and now I feel better.

]]> By: RobC http://blog.techfun.org/2007/11/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-171 RobC Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:55:21 +0000 http://blog.techfun.org/dont-forget-to-vote-for-the-2007-falsies-awards#comment-171 Does everyone get to vote on this? I vote for the phony environmentalists who persist in opposing nuclear energy. Consider what nuclear gets us: (1) An electricity source that doesn’t depend on wind or sunlight or the limited amount of energy storage available, and emits virtually no greenhouse gases. It could reduce CO2 emissions by 40%. (2) An energy-efficient way to produce hydrogen, which could be used directly in automobiles and trucks or added to biofuels to make their production higher by a factor of three. Presently, transportation accounts for about 33% of CO2 emissions; all of that could be eliminated through conservation, electrification, and alternate fuels. (3) A huge reduction in air pollution, lowered trade deficits, and freedom from Middle-East involvements. The simple truth is that we won't shut down all the homes and businesses when there isn't enough wind and sunlight to power them. We won't make people stay home in their cold, dark houses. If nuclear energy isn't developed in a major way, the world will keep burning fossil fuels. Within fifty years nearly all the world's people will live in severe hardship and the natural environment will have completely disappeared. Does everyone get to vote on this? I vote for the phony environmentalists who persist in opposing nuclear energy.

Consider what nuclear gets us:

(1) An electricity source that doesn’t depend on wind or sunlight or the limited amount of energy storage available, and emits virtually no greenhouse gases. It could reduce CO2 emissions by 40%.

(2) An energy-efficient way to produce hydrogen, which could be used directly in automobiles and trucks or added to biofuels to make their production higher by a factor of three. Presently, transportation accounts for about 33% of CO2 emissions; all of that could be eliminated through conservation, electrification, and alternate fuels.

(3) A huge reduction in air pollution, lowered trade deficits, and freedom from Middle-East involvements.

The simple truth is that we won’t shut down all the homes and businesses when there isn’t enough wind and sunlight to power them. We won’t make people stay home in their cold, dark houses. If nuclear energy isn’t developed in a major way, the world will keep burning fossil fuels. Within fifty years nearly all the world’s people will live in severe hardship and the natural environment will have completely disappeared.

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