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Comment on Protests by ggl

ggl — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:50:12 +0000

ACTA nu va funcţiona oricum. Important e să afle cei care au putere de decizie că NU îi vom susţine dacă vor vota pentru implementarea ACTA. Trimite mai bine o petiţie europarlamentarilor români direct pe adresele lor de e-mail. Le găseşti aici împreună cu o petiţie. Pe Renate Weber poţi s-o scoţi din listă pentru că a răspuns deja public şi mi-a răspuns personal şi la mesajul trimis. Acesta este răspunsul. Când voi vota la următoarele europarlamentare voi avea în vedere lucrurile acestea. Mai există o altă petiţie românească aici. Refuse/resist.

Comment on Protests by ana pauper

ana pauper — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:31:45 +0000

chiar că aș fi mers la protestul anti ACTA organizat de Bogdan Manolea, dar îs lașă pe cod portocaliu… :(

Comment on Protests by ggl

ggl — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:07:56 +0000

You will not be able to stay home, sista, because the revolution will not be televised. The revolution will be no rerun, the revolution will be live.

Comment on Protests by ana pauper

ana pauper — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:57:33 +0000

talkin' about the revolution sounds tracy chapman

Comment on Chevron şi gazele de şist by ggl

ggl — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:44:33 +0000

Am citit articolul. Dacă metanul difuzează din subsol în fântâni, atunci şi radonul va difuza în mod asemănător. Trebuie prudenţă în acordearea licenţelor. Până nu se cunosc implicaţiile asupra mediului nu avem de unde şti la ce ne expunem. Ar trebui studii de impact pe baza cărora să se acorde licenţele de exploatare şi reglementări, ca şi în cazul minelor de suprafaţă. E vorba despre o resursă neconvenţională şi de o tehnologie relativ nouă, invazivă, utilizată pentru extracţia lor. Altfel riscăm să păţim ca şi cu energia nucleară, când deciziile au fost politice şi economice, fără a ţine cont de principii morale şi de implicaţii. Sunt foarte mulţi bani în joc, riscul să se ajungă la aşa ceva este mare. Personal, nu am niciun gram de încredere în companiile petroliere.

Comment on Chevron şi gazele de şist by zergu

zergu — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:59:16 +0000

Relvant: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4275

Comment on Preţul ascuns al aurului by ggl

ggl — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 10:03:29 +0000

Preşedintele face lobby pentru RMGC, n-am înţeles de ce. Argumentul lui e că cică îi mai bine să scurme ăia după aur decât să ne împrumutăm cu 8%. Iar aici scrie de ce argumentul lui nu ţine. Tot acolo scrie şi că RMGC a fost şi este în continuare la un pas de dizolvare. Au cheltuieli foarte mari şi venituri ioc.

Comment on Gates to go nuclear with China? by ggl

ggl — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:01:51 +0000

The MSTR produced "no" tangible results so far due to policy makers betting everything on LWR designs in their PWR and BWR incarcations. And then kicking the PWR deisgner, Alvin Weinberg, out because he kept promoting this other technology, the MSTR. It was the Nixon administration who did that -- the same people who brought us the Vietnam war. I really recommend this fine documentary to get some insight on some of the current commercialy available nuclear technologies. It's not "my" technology, but I believe it can solve the bigger part of the problem if it's designed, implemented and used correctly. This belief is shared by at least two emerging world powers: China and India. These two contries account for half of the world's population, hence market. China has licensed almost every possible nuclear technology available and India is very much into thorium. I would not put all my faith in the market. I am definitely not going to build a nuclear reactor in my back yard. This is silly. Even if I tried, I'd have the ENSREG allover the place pretty soon. Nuclear power is not something you build in your garage. Only free energy devices are built in garages. And they don't work. But what I am doing is selling and installing solar panels. Thermal and PV, mainly for residential systems. And what I've found out is that solar power is merely and adjuvant. Not the primary source. Not your base load power station, for reasons outlined above. In order to put solar power into base load power plant territory, you need to oversize the collector area by a factor of at least six and also employ tracking systems. You also need efficient energy storage and you need lots of it. About fusion. Controlled hot fusion really is magic. And cold fusion is almost always a scam. Here's a fusion joke: fusion is the energy source of the future and it will always be. Until then, fission is good enough. The alternative to nuclear energy almost always equates to burning fossil fuels, releasing greenhouse gases, particulate matter and heavy metals (mercury, arsenic and cadmium from burning coal) into the atmosphere. Geothermal is another green alternative, but it's highly localized and more expensive to implement (costs as much as current nuclear technologies).

Comment on Preţul ascuns al aurului by darklorelei

darklorelei — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:44:51 +0000

Sa-l invitam pe “bravul nostru conducator” impreuna cu sleahta lui sa bea din apa aceea cu arsenic!
Ar fi interesant daca si doamna aia, Sanda Lungu, ce face reclama pentru Gold le-ar da copiilor sai un pahar din apa “imbogatita” cu metale grele!

Comment on Gates to go nuclear with China? by CD

CD — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:35:17 +0000

Guess we could have this conversation in private and in Romanian, not sure anyone else is following it :-)
Having doubts is healthy and commending (even when you’re utterly wrong, like in the case of believing wind energy is a sound option for that remote cabin); since the great Frenchman, only the idiots have certainties.
I’m not sure you really gave a serious thought to my previous message, but I won’t spend a lot more time trying to persuade you or others; I am old enough to have learned the lesson of humbleness.
“Your” technology proposition is 50 or 60 years old, has produced no tangible results so far and attracted several billions in investments. “Mine,” i.e. PV energy, has really been around for like 25 years, has attracted many trillions and has some nice results to show (will send you asap a chart to post it here if you can), not the last of which is grid parity in some expensive markets.
Speaking of humbleness, I have long learned not to believe myself a lot smarter than the market — which basically concentrates the collective wisdom of tens of thousands, or even millions of people. This collective wisdom was proved wrong before, but not too often. The low risk bet is to assume the market is right and hence PV will prevail over thorium, or controlled fusion, or energy transfer via stellar gates (yes, there are people who consider themselves serious proposing such “solutions”).
But ultimately facts speak for themselves. Do let me know when you build a thorium-cycle reactor in your backyard; you will probably hear of my PV work in less than two years. Might even have an enticing business proposition for you :-)