Bob Blick wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 12:37:57 -0700, "Vitaliy" <piclist@maksimov.org>
> said:
>  
>> The biggest obstacle is people's irrational fear of nuclear power.
> 
> Clearly that is not true, since you seem to have no fear. 

Not sure I understood Bob's comment, but in any case, there is nothing
rational about /any/ decision. It's simply impossible, by principle, to
make a decision based on only rational, objective criteria... Every
decision needs to bring in goals and values by which to judge objective
facts, and these goals and values are always subjective. Which goals and
values are more "worthy" is again a completely irrational judgment.

If you think you make rational decisions, you kid yourself. In a not
very rational way... :)

> There's no room to cut corners with nuclear power, but that is what
> happens when it's all about money. 

Ah... the market sorts this out, sooner or later :) Of course, /if/
something goes wrong with my neighbor's generator, he will fully
compensate me. That's just how the system works. 

And of course these generators can be buried and don't need
maintenance... if the manufacturer says so, this is the case. After all,
this is how the system works... Haven't we all designed dozens of
maintenance-free and guaranteed to work units? :)

Gerhard
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