Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Natural Philosopher Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 12:28:34 +0000 Organization: A little, after lunch Lines: 42 Message-ID: References: <2e17ec15-582f-5a71-84e5-d4d490274270@example.net> <7454fa51-3534-2584-2197-90613efb2091@example.net> <9d81e40b-6adb-05d2-db21-b6161e975761@example.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:28:35 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e98ece5b47979f8498d83fd00aa5ffbd"; logging-data="646602"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1940wjz2UyfMic9RcAVDXZ+9qlircAPSsk=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:OrPK0pzU9Oop4++e+wr5lS3BFQ8= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <9d81e40b-6adb-05d2-db21-b6161e975761@example.net> Bytes: 3454 On 11/01/2025 11:47, D wrote: > > > On Thu, 9 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 09/01/2025 16:16, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>> First of all, The Natural Philosopher seems to be ignoring the costs >>> (and >>> paranoia) of storing the spent nukes safely. >>> >> There are no high costs. Only political campaigning... >> >>> Second, it seems to me that the "renewables" would still be useful to >>> "fill in >>> the gaps" in service. But here I'll stop. >> With nuclear, there are no 'gaps that need filling'. Or if there are, >> intermittent renewables cannot be relied upon to fill them > > Let me add here that all nuclear waste is not created the same. The vast > majority of nuclear waste can be safely disposed of within a few 100 > years. I think it's perhaps 1% or at most 5% that must be stored safely > for thousands of years. > > When this is discussed, you never hear about this distinction. > > Also note that modern reactors currently in research stage, can be > fueled by old nuclear waste which is very economical and very > environmentally friendly. > > Ergo... we have all science and technology to solve the entire energy > problem of the human race. The only thing preventing us is politicians > and emotional arguments. +1 -- “Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.” Dennis Miller