tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post7786224431858723894..comments2023-11-05T03:48:31.411-05:00Comments on James Maxey - Jawbone of an Ass: Atom-huggersJames Maxeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-84332647557480783692008-05-11T17:43:00.000-04:002008-05-11T17:43:00.000-04:00I've always found it useful to see if the 80/20 ru...I've always found it useful to see if the 80/20 rule applies to a given situation. If it does, then it often shows where you get the biggest bang for your buck.<BR/><BR/>I haven't seen enough evidence yet to suggest that the human factor is the 80% factor. The evidence linking warming and cooling to the sun seems more compelling to me at the moment. But if humans are the 80% factor, then the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16104254975442344573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-66392561393130219082008-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:002008-05-02T13:12:00.000-04:00My perhaps skewed understanding is that nuclear is...My perhaps skewed understanding is that nuclear is more expensive in part due to the inevitable lawsuits that can be expected anytime one is proposed. The industry also faced shifting sands of regulation in the seventies and eighties--they could plan a plant, get it approved, then in the middle of building it get hit with new regulations that forced them back to the drawing board.<BR/><BR/>James Maxeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927848864775293278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9377933.post-91357410605311772212008-05-02T12:12:00.000-04:002008-05-02T12:12:00.000-04:00I think there's little question that the American ...I think there's little question that the American Green movement--and perhaps even American liberalism itself--is at its heart technophobic.<BR/><BR/>Beyond the predictable opposition to the energy solutions provided by nuclear energy, you can see a similar kind of head-in-the-sand approach when you look at the widespread opposition by the Whole Foods types to genetically engineered crops these rastronomicalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16475251545087211066noreply@blogger.com