Discuss Your Views on Generating Electricity -

OANST · #31 12-15-2009, 07:41 AM

I usually just let people who are smarter than I am figure this stuff out. I would say that I like the results so far, but that might just be because I'm not smart enough to understand them.

abe is now! · #32 12-15-2009, 07:47 AM

In Italy they're going to open new nuclear power plants of third generation... oh my God I don't want them!!!

Havoc · #33 12-15-2009, 12:58 PM

Third generation?

***Nate*** · #34 12-15-2009, 02:52 PM

You should be glad AiN; you know they're going to be better than the first or second generation designs.

Hydro is a good option if the dams already exist; building new dams is incredibly costly and terrible for the environment.

I read a while back about some guy who wanted to build fields full of Stirling Engines in the desert. The advantage here is that each one is fairly cheap, easy to maintain and needs nothing more than heat to operate; it doesn't even need direct sunlight like solar panels do. The guy was looking for money from small investors; mom-and-pop put in a few grand, buy one engine in the field and get a slow but steady income from the electricity generated. I have no idea whether it will end up being cost effective, but I love it as an idea anyway.

MarsMudoken · #35 12-15-2009, 02:55 PM

Alright I'm sorry for that last response. It WAS childish. What I meant by that sentance was although I think nuclear power is unclean, nukes are so amazing that I think so long as it's used to blow stuff up, go ahead.

There Nate.

***Nate*** · #36 12-15-2009, 03:17 PM

Why is Nuclear Power unclean?

Can you name the last time there has been a nuclear accident? Have you researched modern reactor designs and the many safety mechanisms that are now in use.

Don't just make blanket statements based on emotional rhetoric and an absence of fact.

Leto · #37 12-15-2009, 03:29 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste

Sekto Springs · #38 12-15-2009, 03:55 PM

Electrical Generation? Wasn't that the generation that followed shortly after Edison's invention of the lightbulb?

I would hardly classify the modern generation by "electricity" as I would by the internet or the invention of the fucking iPod. I think the Nuclear generation is officially considered to be behind us now. Much to Apple's chagrin, they pretty much own this generation and the next few to come.

Do I like dependency on electronics? No, but who does? Do I think it's ruining society? No, not at all, but I don't feel it's bettering society as much as it has the potential to. Do I think our dependency on electronics is going to result in an I-Robot or Matrix? Dunno, but I would find it pretty damn hilarious if we let such a cliche happen.

Wings of Fire · #39 12-15-2009, 03:58 PM

One of my teachers at school always told us that the modern age would be remembered in the history books as 'The Plastic Age' before anything else. How lame would it be to tell our grandchildren 'We lived in the Plastic Generation!'?

Sekto Springs · #40 12-15-2009, 04:07 PM

Your teacher has a point though. Plastic is fuckin' huge and it really did revolutionize the materialism industry. It's pretty much the most malleable, durable, cheap substance used for construction purposes today, and it will be for years to come. I predict it will be another several thousand years before we develop another such miracle product.

MarsMudoken · #41 12-15-2009, 04:13 PM

...I want to prove you wrong but it's too obvious you're right...

***Nate*** · #42 12-15-2009, 04:43 PM

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide

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Electrical Generation? Wasn't that the generation that followed shortly after Edison's invention of the lightbulb?

I would hardly classify the modern generation by "electricity" as I would by the internet or the invention of the fucking iPod. I think the Nuclear generation is officially considered to be behind us now. Much to Apple's chagrin, they pretty much own this generation and the next few to come.

'Generation' in this case defined as the act of producing electricity. Do I have to change the thread name again to avoid confusing dumbarses? I guess so.

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One of my teachers at school always told us that the modern age would be remembered in the history books as 'The Plastic Age' before anything else. How lame would it be to tell our grandchildren 'We lived in the Plastic Generation!'?

Well, seeing as your grandchildren will be asking "Grandpa Joe, what is this plastic thing I keep hearing about? Is that, like, related to that crude oil that ran out decades ago?", you may be right.

Wings of Fire · #43 12-15-2009, 04:45 PM

I saw the threads title as a pun.

Also I was innuendoing.

MarsMudoken · #44 12-15-2009, 04:51 PM

You're creeping me out.

MA · #45 12-15-2009, 04:54 PM

what did that contribute? tell me, please. by your standards everyone freaks you out. whoopifuckingdoo.

poor attempt at OT: and i have never like the idea of Nuclear power stations, i am not sure why. i would have a better point if i could be arsed right now.

MarsMudoken · #46 12-15-2009, 05:08 PM

...yep, people hate me again. Like the rest of the world, oddworld forums joins em'. I don't ever expect anyone to like me, people just hate me. That's why I lose friends, and my brother wants me dead. Figures. This isn't self-pity. This is fact. So don't freakin' give me an infraction Nate. That's all you know how to do, and I hate you for it. Die in a fire.

MA · #47 12-15-2009, 05:14 PM

wow, great way to get in his good books. he's been here since you were about 5, pretty sure he knows his stuff.

and there you are, playing the tiny violin again, preaching about how everyone hates you. read the rules, you must remember this isn't a chat room or a massive forum where you can get away with repetitive spam. you get reprimanded one way or another for breaking rules incessantly. there is a reason, and there is no hate. how many times must you be told.

mr.odd · #48 12-15-2009, 05:17 PM

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...yep, people hate me again. Like the rest of the world, oddworld forums joins em'. I don't ever expect anyone to like me, people just hate me. That's why I lose friends, and my brother wants me dead. Figures. This isn't self-pity. This is fact. So don't freakin' give me an infraction Nate. That's all you know how to do, and I hate you for it. Die in a fire.

You are too wallowing in self pity. The world does not hate you. people here don't hate you(it least it don't). Look man, if you want to be liked, try showing some maturity.

MarsMudoken · #49 12-15-2009, 05:23 PM

...he says too the 12 year old...

Wings of Fire · #50 12-15-2009, 05:28 PM

Don't use your age as an excuse, if you honestly believe you're too immature to handle this place then leave and come back after you've grown up a little. The forum doesn't hold grudges.

mr.odd · #51 12-15-2009, 05:28 PM

See, there you go again. It's not about age, it's about maturity. In other words, don't just post pointless spam and actually think about the topic of a thread and a well thought out post contributing to the conversation.

MarsMudoken · #52 12-15-2009, 05:29 PM

I'll stick to the RPG then.

Sayonara! (douches)

MA · #53 12-15-2009, 05:33 PM

no no no, its not up for discussion, Mars. you have been told clearly and comprehensibly in this thread and many others what you are doing wrong, including direct explanations from Nate, Splat, me and many others, and they're just the ones i've seen.

i'm not saying anything more on the matter. people have been pretty patient with you, but you wont take the hint, not even a direct hint, if its still even a hint by then. honestly, follow the rules, its for your own benefit.

and if you feel like responding to this with more spam: enjoy your infraction.

EDIT: he left for RPG. ironically that's where he gets the most grief for spam.

***Nate*** · #54 12-15-2009, 05:38 PM

As others have said, no-one here hates you. You have received criticism, yes, but that is because your posting style is lacking in many areas. Criticism is not hate; you should take it as a suggestion for how to improve. If you want to be 'liked', then it is really quite simple to do.

Many of our existing member joined when they were 12. Youth is no excuse for misbehaviour.

AND that is the last that will be said on this issue. The following posts must be on the topic of generating electricity.

Sekto Springs · #55 12-15-2009, 07:40 PM

Nate, you really need to learn when I'm taking the piss. Lordy.

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The forum doesn't hold grudges.

If only that were true. Still not an excuse for Mars's bs, though.

shaman · #56 12-16-2009, 12:25 PM

Nuclear power is a good idea, but risky in the long run. It's the tunnel at the end of the light.

If you would like to know more about nuclear energy, press the red button.

OANST · #57 12-16-2009, 12:30 PM

The negrep button? Okay.

shaman · #58 12-16-2009, 12:32 PM

Meh, i earned it.

Mac Sirloin · #59 12-16-2009, 12:42 PM

Sanguine electric dams stored on the human body that charge energy cells for everything.

Eh? Eh?

shaman · #60 12-16-2009, 12:49 PM

Eh?

Also, i heard that a while back there were plans to biuld a dam across the Severn Estuary. They say it would genereate 7% of the uk's energy. Unfortunate that it is in a pretty fucking rich habitat. I have mixed feelings on this.