Comments on: Russia Plans to Power Arctic Oil Drilling With Floating Nuclear Plants http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day\'s most compelling topics. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:18:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-26621 Chris Sun, 10 May 2009 14:43:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/#comment-26621 From the team that brought you "Chernobyl!" comes "Attack of the 50 Foot Glowing Polar Bear!". From the team that brought you “Chernobyl!” comes “Attack of the 50 Foot Glowing Polar Bear!”.

]]> By: Dumbo's Mother http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-26501 Dumbo's Mother Fri, 08 May 2009 15:55:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/#comment-26501 This article was featured on the Colbert Report 5/7/09: 2:48 into the 3rd act This article was featured on the Colbert Report 5/7/09: 2:48 into the 3rd act

]]> By: Aren http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-26212 Aren Wed, 06 May 2009 03:33:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/#comment-26212 Russian people are very intelligent , they can do better .Please stop drilling arctic.Hope this nation realises the dangers of global warming ,the rest of the world should stop it. There are different alternatives to build fuel infrastructure than this , Russian people are very intelligent , they can do better .Please stop drilling arctic.Hope this nation realises the dangers of global warming ,the rest of the world should stop it.

There are different alternatives to build fuel infrastructure than this ,

]]> By: Nick http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/comment-page-1/#comment-26100 Nick Tue, 05 May 2009 00:58:58 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/05/04/russia-plans-to-power-arctic-oil-drilling-with-floating-nuclear-plants/#comment-26100 I can't imagine how this could possibly go wrong. But I mean, honestly, why waste nuclear power sucking up oil? Why not just use it to power electric cars, and invest the money spent on drilling and powering drills in the arctic in getting new battery technology to the streets. Sure, oil is cheap now, but once it's out, it's out, and all that money invested in oil infrastructure that is current showing as assets on oil companies' balance sheets will suddenly be fairly worthless. If we work on reducing oil dependence, we can keep extracting the current amount of oil as we do now, but turning it into high-tech polymers instead of just turning it into poison and dumping it into the air we breathe. But if the investment in oil extraction keeps going up and up, you get the point of diminishing returns ramping up logarithmically, and once the oil is gone the equipment is so thoroughly contaminated with oil that it is toxic waste and needs to be cleaned up before being recycled. Sure can't use it to pipe milk somewhere! I can’t imagine how this could possibly go wrong.

But I mean, honestly, why waste nuclear power sucking up oil? Why not just use it to power electric cars, and invest the money spent on drilling and powering drills in the arctic in getting new battery technology to the streets.

Sure, oil is cheap now, but once it’s out, it’s out, and all that money invested in oil infrastructure that is current showing as assets on oil companies’ balance sheets will suddenly be fairly worthless. If we work on reducing oil dependence, we can keep extracting the current amount of oil as we do now, but turning it into high-tech polymers instead of just turning it into poison and dumping it into the air we breathe. But if the investment in oil extraction keeps going up and up, you get the point of diminishing returns ramping up logarithmically, and once the oil is gone the equipment is so thoroughly contaminated with oil that it is toxic waste and needs to be cleaned up before being recycled. Sure can’t use it to pipe milk somewhere!

]]>