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That is why I like solar.  No chance of contaminating everything if you screw up.  :D
 
That and they don't make van sized nuclear reactors.;)

Although if you think about it, the sun is just a really big nuclear reactor that uses hydrogen as fuel.
 
[font=Lato, sans-serif]"The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just 1 in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms."[/font]


[font=Lato, sans-serif](freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.)[/font]
 
Plenty of examples of both types, but early weapons had little or no safeguards, yet we are still here. Most of us wake up each morning without any idea what the day will bring. Several people are inspired each day sing, laugh and smile by a simple song and that means more to us than most other things in life. No wonder we remember when we heard a song or performer and connect that to certain times in our lives. Music seems to crowd out a lot of the bad things in life especially the natural sounds of wind, water and wildlife but human songs do to if we take the time to listen.
 
GotSmart said:
[font=Lato, sans-serif]"The study by the new McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum found that 22 percent of Americans could name all five Simpson family members, compared with just 1 in 1,000 people who could name all five First Amendment freedoms."[/font]


[font=Lato, sans-serif](freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly and petition for redress of grievances.)[/font]

And probably less than one in ten thousand really understand what freedom of religion and speech really mean in context.
 
Maybe we should start to listen to the educational rock songs and maybe a modern folk movement will start. "Alice's Restaurant" had a van in it, maybe some living in a van down by the river inspirational songs. Tony and Karen I believe sang some at the van burn.
 
GotSmart said:
That is why I like solar.  No chance of contaminating everything if you screw up.  :D

[font=Lato, sans-serif]When solar panels reach end of life (or there is an environmental accident similar to Japan) we will have a toxic mess.  The toxic chemicals in solar panels include cadmium telluride, copper indium selenide, cadmium gallium (di)selenide, copper indium gallium (di)selenide, hexafluoroethane, lead, polyvinyl fluoride and crystalline silicon.[/font]

[font=Lato, sans-serif] -- Spiff[/font]

[font=Lato, sans-serif]See Also:[/font]

http://grist.org/article/2010-01-06-solars-dirty-little-secret/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...11/12)7:6<489::AID-PIP287>3.0.CO;2-N/abstract
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X97982673
 
decodancer said:
Loved Dark Side of the Moon and played the record to death.  First concert I ever went to was Jethro Tull.  

Those must be heard loud and on clean sounding equipment. BTW, who was Ian Anderson? :p
 
slynne
Do you mean incidents like nuclear war or do you mean incidents involving nuclear power? I imagine there have been many close calls.

I was reading on one of the military sites I frequent about the B-52 that released 2 Thermonuclear Bombs, both armed and ready. One was recovered with all but one of the triggering devices released, one small diode kept the East Coast from a major nuclear event.

Part of the second bomb was found, but not the warhead, it's suspected to be 100-200 ft buried in the ground.

I could find the link to the story but my magic sleeping potions are starting to work.

Rob

Found it

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
 
Spaceman Spiff said:
[font=Lato, sans-serif]When solar panels reach end of life (or there is an environmental accident similar to Japan) we will have a toxic mess.  The toxic chemicals in solar panels include cadmium telluride, copper indium selenide, cadmium gallium (di)selenide, copper indium gallium (di)selenide, hexafluoroethane, lead, polyvinyl fluoride and crystalline silicon.[/font]

[font=Lato, sans-serif] -- Spiff[/font]

[font=Lato, sans-serif]See Also:[/font]

http://grist.org/article/2010-01-06-solars-dirty-little-secret/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...11/12)7:6<489::AID-PIP287>3.0.CO;2-N/abstract
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0041008X97982673

UH Spliff~~~  

Did you actually read those?  Only one was from this century, and that was an infomercial for biodegradeable plastic.
 
Re: "I was reading on one of the military sites I frequent about the B-52 that released 2 Thermonuclear Bombs, both armed and ready. One was recovered with all but one of the triggering devices released, one small diode kept the East Coast from a major nuclear event."

Yikes. I suspect that if we knew about all the close class, we wouldn't be able to sleep at night. We might need to start looking for our own Private Idaho or something.
 
bullfrog said:
Maybe we should start to listen to the educational rock songs and maybe a modern folk movement will start.  "Alice's Restaurant" had a van in it, maybe some living in a van down by the river inspirational songs.  Tony and Karen I believe sang some at the van burn.

I can still recite (okay, sing) the preamble to the Constitution, and I know how a Bill becomes a Law.
And now I have "Conjunction Junction" stuck in my head.
Pretty effective education right there.
 
slynne said:
A dumb and subtle joke on my part, referencing the B-52's song



Way to go, Lynne...  what a brilliant way to work The B-52s into a story about B-52s!
 
Idaho ain't safe anymore.  Too many folks moving there to escape California but bringing California ways with them. IMHO
 
closeanuf said:
Idaho ain't safe anymore.  Too many folks moving there to escape California but bringing California ways with them. IMHO

That reminds me of the 1983 Made-for-TV movie, "Packin' It In" with Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss and a very young Molly Ringwold.
 
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