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[quietann]

As happens every damn time I come to California, I have caught a cold. So far it's just a terrible sore throat and drippy nose, but... dammit! I'm celebrating my 10th anniversary of leaving Southern California, and this is just another reason.

Other than that, I was a lazy slug today until about 3 p.m., when we went to visit my Orthodox cousin, and had dinner with him, my aunt, and other cousin. I really like Robert, but he's caught in a lot of chaos related to his three sons. (One of them "just showed up" a few days ago, with two coatimundis who are now destroying Robert's spare bathroom.) We talked politics without fighting, even though I'm probably a bit to the left of him. But just a bit. And he's an oil engineer, so he had some insider information about alternative energy. (Brief version: Oil is finite; Ethanol is BS being forced on us by ADM's lobbyists; solar and wind are promising but limited; going back to nuclear energy is inevitable in his opinion.)

Comments

[sahiya.livejournal.com]

Might it have to do with the plane ride involved in getting to CA? I think that's why a lot of people tend to get sick on trips. I know I was rarely sick when I stayed at home or traveled by train in Europe, but when I went by plane I often ended up sick as a dog.

Btw, would you be interested in doing some Vorkosi-verse beta reading for me sometime? I find myself in the market for a new beta reader or two and thought of you.

[quietann.livejournal.com]

I could read for you, sure. Just remind me to do it (I can be slow.) quietann at gmail is the best place to send stuff these days.

[davidfcooper.livejournal.com]

going back to nuclear energy is inevitable in his opinion

Where does he propose we bury the spent radioactive fuel?

[chhotii.livejournal.com]

*sigh* Alas, uranium is finite too. It doesn't seem so at today's rate of consumption, but if we were to replace use of oil with nuclear in a big way, we would hit "peak uranium" pretty soon too.

I think that's the big issue with nuclear, really. I mean, I think people will come to tolerate a bit of radiation poisoning, if it's the only way they can keep driving thier hummers.

[chocorua.livejournal.com]

There are any number of inexpensive houses with acreage available near Kiev in the Ukraine, if that's their take on it.

But I definitely agree, uranium is finite, and breeding plutonium from U238 makes waste even faster than just fissioning natural uranium.