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Post by lordroel on Jan 22, 2020 14:09:34 GMT
That also, but most parties that stood for the environment now doing the opposite of that and support something like Nuclear Energy. Isn’t nuclear power arguably safer and more environmentally friendly than other options like coal, oil and even supposedly “clean” sources, though? My understanding is that it has net-zero emissions and, even despite the various meltdowns that have happened, the plants in question used outdated reactors—not to mention the fact that lots of people and wildlife are endangered by pollution from sources we use already (i.e. oil spills). But what about the nuclear waste. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 22, 2020 14:13:44 GMT
Isn’t nuclear power arguably safer and more environmentally friendly than other options like coal, oil and even supposedly “clean” sources, though? My understanding is that it has net-zero emissions and, even despite the various meltdowns that have happened, the plants in question used outdated reactors—not to mention the fact that lots of people and wildlife are endangered by pollution from sources we use already (i.e. oil spills). But what about the nuclear waste. I’m afraid I don’t know as much about waste disposal. That said, there are probably places on the Web where I can find a breakdown of how nuclear power works, up to and including how to deal with the waste. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 22, 2020 14:58:48 GMT
But what about the nuclear waste. I’m afraid I don’t know as much about waste disposal. That said, there are probably places on the Web where I can find a breakdown of how nuclear power works, up to and including how to deal with the waste. Well lets move on the next ABS What If then. What if Gold became fools gold (Pyrite) and vice versus. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 22, 2020 21:23:52 GMT
I’m afraid I don’t know as much about waste disposal. That said, there are probably places on the Web where I can find a breakdown of how nuclear power works, up to and including how to deal with the waste. Well lets move on the next ABS What If then. What if Gold became fools gold (Pyrite) and vice versus. For one thing, I doubt that the results for the mining industry would be pretty. That said, those who once owned fool's gold now have material (be it jewelry or whatever) that's genuine and prestigious, though how this affects the market value of gold, I'm not sure. |
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Post by stevep on Jan 23, 2020 10:11:08 GMT
I’m afraid I don’t know as much about waste disposal. That said, there are probably places on the Web where I can find a breakdown of how nuclear power works, up to and including how to deal with the waste. Well lets move on the next ABS What If then. What if Gold became fools gold (Pyrite) and vice versus.
Major economic disruption, since a lot of gold reserves are now worthless. Unless the Pyrite is taken as the new gold since although it has different physical and chemical properties its now as rare as gold used to be. However since its a compound of two fairly common elements, FeS2 looking it up, more could be manufactured so that would probably seem impractical. Plus reading the wiki article on it its unstable on the Earth's surface.
In terms of gold I would suspect its a hell of a lot more common now than it used to be so its going to probably only become semi-precious? Also since such stockpiles of gold will be overwhelmingly underground it would have to be located and mined before it could be used again either for technological or fiscal use.
Isn't gold as a very efficient conductor used in minute amounts in some electronic compounds. [Possibly a lot of them which could cause a serious problem as their now likely to be no longer functioning.]
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 23, 2020 20:31:04 GMT
'2020 Michael Bay SI To 2007 Michael Bay'.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2020 20:39:48 GMT
'2020 Michael Bay SI To 2007 Michael Bay'. Do we know he has any regret in a movie he made during that period, because he surely would not make it a second time i guess. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 23, 2020 20:43:00 GMT
'2020 Michael Bay SI To 2007 Michael Bay'. Do we know he has any regret in a movie he made during that period, because he surely would not make it a second time i guess. Honestly, I'm not sure how he feels about his previous works. As far as I'm aware, though, he's still a big-and-bright explosions fan, so I'm not sure that'd change even when he's given a second chance to direct, say, the Transformers films. |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2020 20:45:21 GMT
Do we know he has any regret in a movie he made during that period, because he surely would not make it a second time i guess. Honestly, I'm not sure how he feels about his previous works. As far as I'm aware, though, he's still a big-and-bright explosions fan, so I'm not sure that'd change even when he's given a second chance to direct, say, the Transformers films. I think he will do something different. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 23, 2020 20:46:06 GMT
Honestly, I'm not sure how he feels about his previous works. As far as I'm aware, though, he's still a big-and-bright explosions fan, so I'm not sure that'd change even when he's given a second chance to direct, say, the Transformers films. I think he will do something different. What do you have in mind, if I may ask? |
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Post by lordroel on Jan 23, 2020 20:49:10 GMT
I think he will do something different. What do you have in mind, if I may ask? Well, he can become a very rich investor if you know what i mean, he can open up his one studio if he wants to, he knows 13 years of movie making, heck if he wants to he can buy Marvel, at least he has until OTL 2009 when Marvel was bought by Disney. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 23, 2020 20:51:23 GMT
What do you have in mind, if I may ask? Well, he can become a very rich investor if you know what i mean, he can open up his one studio if he wants to, he knows 13 years of movie making, heck if he wants to he can buy Marvel, at least he has until OTL 2009 when Marvel was bought by Disney. True. Michael Bay directing his own Avengers movies would be quite a combination, yeah? |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 24, 2020 22:20:54 GMT
'Modern Politicians Govern 1960 America'. This one would most likely belong in 'Politics and Current Affairs', and even then would probably waste space over there.
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Post by lordroel on Jan 24, 2020 22:24:38 GMT
'Modern Politicians Govern 1960 America'. This one would most likely belong in 'Politics and Current Affairs', and even then would probably waste space over there. If they where Modern Politicians from 2020 yes, that would belong in Politics and Current Affairs, but if you say Modern Politicians from 2010, than it would be okay, but is 1960 America ready to be lead by the first black president. |
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Post by Zyobot on Jan 24, 2020 22:30:58 GMT
'Modern Politicians Govern 1960 America'. This one would most likely belong in 'Politics and Current Affairs', and even then would probably waste space over there. If they where Modern Politicians from 2020 yes, that would belong in Politics and Current Affairs, but if you say Modern Politicians from 2010, than it would be okay, but is 1960 America ready to be lead by the first black president. Well, if we're using the slate of politicians in office in 2010, I'm guessing 'no'. If those then consumed by Obama Derangement Syndrome tarred and feathered the man without necessarily criticizing him where he may have legitimately deserved it, then the Jim-Crow Dixiecrats and other racist elements of the Deep South would wreck a thousand times more havoc.
There's also the fact that these uptimer politicians have suddenly replaced the ones that they knew and elected to office, so there's definitely a question of whether the population will willingly submit to their diktats. Even if law enforcement, the armed forces, and the other arms of the federal government have magically placed themselves at the beck and call of the 2010 political class, I'm still guessing that they'd be in for the tamp-down of a lifetime.
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