Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an 'emergency'

Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by cobrausn on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:33PM (#6162778)

Wouldn't it be nice to have guaranteed power for the next few thousand years while you work on the 'eternal' solution? I don't see why there has to be an either-or here.

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by api on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:42PM (#6162847)

I seriously doubt it would take us thousands of years to figure out how to store power at grid scale, especially if we got more serious about it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage

The other solution is large-scale intelligent power grids. The wind always blow somewhere and the sun always shines somewhere. The amount of grid-scale storage backing required for uninterrupted power is probably less than 12 hours. I'm sure someone has done a solid analysis on this.

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by rmc on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @07:26AM (#6165955)

The wind always blow somewhere and the sun always shines somewhere

Sure, but then your power supply is in the hands of other countries. What happens during war?

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by jeromeflipo on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @08:54AM (#6166257)

Would you wage war against a country that is essential for your energy needs and that doesn't store any energy?

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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by ctdonath on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @11:51AM (#6167270)

History responds with a resounding "YES."

No different from wars over water supply.

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