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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 28 Nov 2015

    New NYT op-Ed by Thiel makes same argument as J Goldstein & me re climate change. http://nyti.ms/1TctowB http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2015/11/23/inconvenient-truths-for-environmental-movement/esDloe97894keW16Ywa9MP/story.html …

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      2. Mededitor, this won't hurt‏ @Mededitor 28 Nov 2015
        Replying to @sapinker

        @sapinker "The left's fear of technology." Utter hogswallop. Rather, nuclear power only sounds attractive if you ignore the waste problem.

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      3. Peter Barfuss 𒀱‏ @bofh453 28 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Mededitor

        @mededitor @sapinker no, we have that solved. bury it deep in geological salt strata. this is how the US military disposes of nuclear waste.

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      4. Peter Barfuss 𒀱‏ @bofh453 28 Nov 2015
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        @mededitor @sapinker much more dangerous nuclear waste than any civ plant, even. and we know it's safe because *we got the U238 from there*.

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      5. Peter Barfuss 𒀱‏ @bofh453 28 Nov 2015
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        .@mededitor @sapinker (also a lot of nuclear fuel rod waste can be reprocessed until it's *actually less radioactive than coal ash*).

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      6. Peter Barfuss 𒀱‏ @bofh453 28 Nov 2015
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        .@mededitor @sapinker and we store that crap in open-air landfills right next to where people actually live so w/e.

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      7. ∰ Jesse‏ @holocronweaver 28 Nov 2015
        Replying to @bofh453

        @bofh453 @Mededitor @sapinker The protest over the Yucca Mountain waste repo prove this a issue of fear via ignorance, not a scientific one.

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      8. Peter Barfuss 𒀱‏ @bofh453 28 Nov 2015
        Replying to @holocronweaver

        @holocronweaver @mededitor @sapinker that's the other viable solution, actually using the bloody Yucca Mountain repository like we *should*.

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      1. JJ 「cιtιƶεɳƒιvε」  🏴‍☠️‏ @CTZN5 28 Nov 2015
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        The NYT op-ed by @peterthiel http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/28/opinion/the-new-atomic-age-we-need.html?_r=0 … @sapinker

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      1. mikee dee‏ @uncleblabby 1 Dec 2015
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        @sapinker after coal mine disaster or severe oil spill the enviro recovers quickly compared to thousands of years of nuclear toxicity

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      1. mikee dee‏ @uncleblabby 28 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker ; absolutely agree ,but I believe the next plateau to reach is equal rights for women . This would change the rubric exponentially

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      1. Cauê LS‏ @caue_ls 28 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker Not quite... He seems to think new Apollo wouldn't work, and just asks governments to get out of the way of nuclear power.

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      1. al jones‏ @aljones909 28 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker opposition to nuclear is anti science emotionalism

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      1. John, who hikes‏ @jjhikes 28 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker I think the unfortunate thing is that both sides, believers and deniers, both implicitly accept that no tangible consumer response

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      1. ryan onstott‏ @fmhueffer 28 Nov 2015
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        @sapinker maybe if theil paid taxes or supported regulation some of these things could have a chance to work

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