Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Keep Your Eye On The Man
And not the dog, to understand the difference between weather and climate change.
Will President Obama Use Executive Authority On GW?
I don't know, but if he does, watch the right-wingers' heads spin!
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Doubt Mongers v Fear Monger
It's a pro-thorium power "documentary", in which they show how Helen Caldicott fear mongers.
She does. But then they counter with DeNiAl. Morons:
She does. But then they counter with DeNiAl. Morons:
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Monday, May 26, 2014
What Should Be Done With Nuclear Waste?
Especially that belonging to Ontario Power Generation.
At least the reporter discussed the theory of LNT...though he failed to mention that the risk is low.
At least the reporter discussed the theory of LNT...though he failed to mention that the risk is low.
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Friday, May 23, 2014
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Christian College Is An Oxymoron
Just look at the morons at Bryan College (named after William Jennings Bryan who prosecuted a teacher for teaching evolution).
Fukushima Groundwater To Go To Ocean
Dilution is the solution! EnergySolution's water processing system never quite worked.
Correction...500, not 57 Drums
Waste drums with kitty litter. 57 are at Los Alamos, but there are 368 at WIPP ("the dump"), and >100 in W. TX.
The State of New Mexico wants more action.
The State of New Mexico wants more action.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Fear Monger Exposes Denial Mongers
This is about a month old, with nuclear power fear monger Thom Hartmann, exposing the Heartburn Imbeciles:
Monday, May 19, 2014
Conca - Doesn't Understand Basic Science
He's a DeNiAr who "contributes" to Forbes. See the comment section.
The linear-no-threshold (LNT) theory is a theory (an explanation) of how radiation leads to cancer.
It is based on a number of tested hypotheses (facts) such as the energy required to damage DNA, the study of A-bomb survivors, etc. LNT as a hypothesis, is tested in each of those studies.
LNT is also a model...a model of reality based on the facts at hand, and a mathematical model in that we can use the risk estimates estimated for the A-bomb survivors and apply them to other cohorts, knowing that we may have to revise those estimates based on underlying cancer incidence.
Conca claims evolution is a fact. Really? I don't see dinosaurs evolving into birds. Evolution is a theory (an explanation) based upon a number of observable facts (like fossils, genetics, etc.). We can test evolutionary hypotheses, like the genetic similarity between chimps and humans. But that doesn't make evolution a fact, it makes the genetic similarity a fact.
That fact (tested hypothesis) adds to our theoretical framework of evolution. If we couldn't perform a genetic test due to lack of technology, then the hypothesis would be meaningless, but our theory would still be evolution, based on other tested hypotheses.
The linear-no-threshold (LNT) theory is a theory (an explanation) of how radiation leads to cancer.
It is based on a number of tested hypotheses (facts) such as the energy required to damage DNA, the study of A-bomb survivors, etc. LNT as a hypothesis, is tested in each of those studies.
LNT is also a model...a model of reality based on the facts at hand, and a mathematical model in that we can use the risk estimates estimated for the A-bomb survivors and apply them to other cohorts, knowing that we may have to revise those estimates based on underlying cancer incidence.
Conca claims evolution is a fact. Really? I don't see dinosaurs evolving into birds. Evolution is a theory (an explanation) based upon a number of observable facts (like fossils, genetics, etc.). We can test evolutionary hypotheses, like the genetic similarity between chimps and humans. But that doesn't make evolution a fact, it makes the genetic similarity a fact.
That fact (tested hypothesis) adds to our theoretical framework of evolution. If we couldn't perform a genetic test due to lack of technology, then the hypothesis would be meaningless, but our theory would still be evolution, based on other tested hypotheses.
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Friday, May 16, 2014
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Studying Endogenous DNA Damage
A common trope of DeNiArs is that DNA is damaged more than 30.000 times a day by endogenous damage.
Therefore, so the stupidity goes, radiation doses pale in comparison, and just ignore them.
That's dumb for several reasons, arithmetic being one. Add 2 positive numbers together and the sum is bigger than either starting number. Damage plus more damage, is greater damage.
Endogenous damage occurs via chemical reactions in the eV to 100's of eV range of energy.
Ionizing radiation is in the 1,000 eV to over 1,000,000 eV range.
Therefore, so the stupidity goes, radiation doses pale in comparison, and just ignore them.
That's dumb for several reasons, arithmetic being one. Add 2 positive numbers together and the sum is bigger than either starting number. Damage plus more damage, is greater damage.
Endogenous damage occurs via chemical reactions in the eV to 100's of eV range of energy.
Ionizing radiation is in the 1,000 eV to over 1,000,000 eV range.