Google Plans to Investigate and Develop Renewable Energy

[hv43082]

Next item on Google's agenda: Take over the world!

 

[ktr]

Well google has a non-profit right hand called www.google.org .

 

[F-22]

Bombs aren't the solution, we need to find an actual use for nuclear waste besides killing people.

You wouldn't be using all windmills because you would also have a mixture of solar/nuclear/hydroelectric/waste energy, also the new Hydrogen fuel cells.

Sarcasm.... duh... anway, there are several options for nuclear waste like reprocessing, yucca mountain, or just shoot them into the sun.

Also, who told you about the 'new Hydrogen fuel cells'? Hydrogen fuel cells are not a natural resource. They require conventional energy (Coal-Fired power plants, Nuclear power) to make. So far, it takes more fossile fuel to make a fuel cell than the energy the fuel cell provies... which is why we need to devote a reliable, and powerful source to making these cells. Nuclear power is the answer.

 

[anticlutch]

Sarcasm.... duh... anway, there are several options for nuclear waste like reprocessing, yucca mountain, or just shoot them into the sun.

Also, who told you about the 'new Hydrogen fuel cells'? Hydrogen fuel cells are not a natural resource. They require conventional energy (Coal-Fired power plants, Nuclear power) to make. So far, it takes more fossile fuel to make a fuel cell than the energy the fuel cell provies... which is why we need to devote a reliable, and powerful source to making these cells. Nuclear power is the answer.

Reprocessing nuclear waste is probably the only viable option (of the three you listed). Shoving all the waste into Yucca Mountain only delays the inevitable day where we have no where to put the waste; it also poses a security risk as waste can be stolen. Shooting them into the sun isn't really viable either because it'll cost waaay too much and the constant threat of something happening to the rocket and it spraying its payload all over the atmosphere would probably scare most people sh*tless.

Personally though, I like the pebble-bed idea. Individual graphite-wrapped balls of nuclear material = win.

 

[Wile E]

I'm all for Nuclear power. I live about 15mi from the Shippingport Nuclear power plant, and no environmental problems from it at all.

 

[AphexDreamer]

I'm all for Nuclear power. I live about 15mi from the Shippingport Nuclear power plant, and no environmental problems from it at all.

Still I'd be preaty scared, but I guess when you have no choice you get used to it.

If I saw 7 leaf colvers and 5 Legged dogs I suggest you leave

 

[Wile E]

Still I'd be preaty scared, but I guess when you have no choice you get used to it.

If I saw 7 leaf colvers and 5 Legged dogs I suggest you leave

Nothing out of the ordinary, I mean, I only have 3 arms, after all.

 

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

Launch nuclear waste into space...

and when teh d00ds out there get pissed and launch sumpn at me what do i do?

 

[hacker111]

thats very good for the environment...and makes more people want to visit www.google.com...I'm an energy conserver. I ride my bike everyware and get rides sometimes from people who are going the same direction as me and they can drop me off. This energy consevation is very important to me and thats the way it should be for everyone else....besides it's good excercise!

 

[hat]

and when teh d00ds out there get pissed and launch sumpn at me what do i do?

What doods out there? There don't need to be any doods in space. Just launch it into space, maybe it will land on the moon, or burn up in the sun, or land on mars, who cares?

 

[anticlutch]

Again, launching nuclear waste into the sun is much too risky as rockets always have a chance of failing... even a .01% chance of failure is too high especially with rockets with a delicate payload like nuclear waste.