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Dr. No later meets his doom in the bubbling cooling vat of a nuclear reactor that is melting down. The reactor later explodes, obliterating Dr. No's island complex. The movie was released 17 years before the real near-meltdown at the Three Mile Island plant in Pennsylvania, on March 28, 1979. The movie doesn't really tell us anything about whether today's nuclear plants are safe, but we thought it was worth a mention.

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  • Posted By: the-commish @ 07/04/2008 6:22:41 PM


    No, not a pessimist, just a realist.

    Electricity (generated mainly by fossil fuels) is on alternating current, which is far less effecient than direct current, but has one big advantage (it can be moved over long distances, where DC can not). See the rivalry between Thoams Alva edison (a proponent of DC) and George Westinghouse (a proponent of AC).

    It is a fact the batteries for vehicles will have to be recharged by electricity (again this electricity produced by fossil fuels). So any gains will be at least in part eaten up by the (AGAIN) dependence on fossil fuels.

    I don't know the McCain supporters can't (or most likley won't) understand this. It is not hypothesis..it is a FACT.

    Now hydrogen fuel cells.. that is a different story.

  • Posted By: Carlmn @ 07/03/2008 1:04:51 PM

    The US should stop giving 10 million per day to Israel and see how they would fare? You should get your facts straight before you write.

  • Posted By: h7373 @ 07/01/2008 1:27:03 PM

    FACT CHECK, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE FALSE STATEMENT MADE FROM THE OBAMA CAMP ABOUT SENATOR MCCAIN? WHERE IS THE UNBAIS REPORTING?

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