Ad hominem and appeal to authority? Please. Educate yourself on EROI.

Sorry, but no. Unreliable renewables go out every day (solar) or completely unpredictably. (solar and wind) They do not back each other up. Your link doesn't even claim that. Vermont and California are not making up for their nuclear shutdowns with renewables. They're using natural gas and coal.

Which basically means pro-fossil. Don't let the siren song of wind and solar fool you. They both need 100% fossil fuel backup. Shutting down nuclear power plants simply hands energy generation back to coal and natural gas.

If you beloeve anything is immune from manipulation you are either monumentally naive or intrntionally ignorant.

"Real" currencies have the value of national and transnational economies behind them. What does bitcoin have backing it up?

They haven't seen it because supporters of bitcoin are blinded by ideology. They can't see that their rejection of "fiat currency" should cause them to reject bit coin as well. Ironically it's because they have faith in bitcoin itself. :)

What catalyst are you referring to? The purpose of the salt dump is to disperse the fuel into a subcritical geometry.

Wish I had points to up vote you. :)

I don't need a new car, and probably won't for a few years. But this will be my next car when I'm ready to buy one.

Politics can influence economics through overly stringent regulation.

I have yet to have that problem with the new java8 install on osx.

Are you astroturfing?

My experience is the opposite. My former company recently lost funding and I lost my health insurance. Luckily the ACA kicked in soon after and I got coverage for about $1000 per month *less* than the last time I was on COBRA. And I'll seriously consider keeping the coverage once I get another job.

Wish I had mod points for you. +1

In light of the anti-nuclear propaganda lies spreading FUD about Fukushima does anyone believe any news about it at all anymore?