[extropy-chat] iran and israel

The Avantguardian avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 27 19:58:29 UTC 2005


Marx was wrong. Religion is not an opiate. It is a
hallucinagenic stimulant like angel dust. It does
nothing but sow dissent and violence between brothers.
It is the salve that fanatics put upon their
consciences to ease the pain of what they know is
wrong.
 

--- Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:

> Which is precisely why it is important not to jump
> to premature  
> conclusions linking all reactors to weapons.
> 
> -s
> 
> On Oct 26, 2005, at 10:07 PM, spike wrote:
> 
> > This whole discussion of plutonium from reactors
> > takes on a new importance with these kinds of
> > discussions taking place:
> >
> >
>
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/10/26/ahmadinejad/index.html
> >
> > {8-[
> >
> > spike
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org
> [mailto:extropy-chat-
> >> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of John K
> Clark
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 9:53 PM
> >> To: ExI chat list
> >> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Nuke 'em
> >>
> >> Me:
> >>
> >>
> >>>> Weapons proliferation is indeed a very serious
> problem
> >>>> and all reactors make Plutonium, but I'm not
> sure
> >>>> expanding the use of power reactors would make
> >>>> things much worse.
> >>>>
> >>
> >> Samantha Atkins Wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I don't see how that is true in any meaningful
> way after
> >>> reading this.  Please show me how a pebble bed
> reactor
> >>> always makes plutonium or is even well suited
> for such use.
> >>>
> >>
> >> If you place Uranium is a sea of neutrons, and
> that's what a  
> >> reactor is,
> >> then like it or not, commercial reactor or
> military you're going  
> >> to make
> >> Plutonium. Indeed in the very article you mention
> I found this:
> >>
> >> "Pu-239 is normally manufactured in nuclear
> reactors...
> >>
> >> And it says to make bombs the Pu- 239 should not
> be polluted with  
> >> Pu-240
> >> and
> >> your article then says this:
> >>
> >>
> > ...
> >
> >>
> >> John K Clark
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
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