Comments on: Open Thread… http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/ Moto - Music - Miscellany - Politics Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Helen http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-30226 Helen Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:50:26 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-30226 No need...the jist of the speech was that not only did no one care, but polluters were going about business as usual circumventing environmental reg's...etc. The footage was the "kind no one sees on CNN" of barges loaded with barrels of toxic waste being dumped into the open ocean. The film was made in 1994 and while environmental concerns have been around for many years...it was an appalling sight to behold...you get used to it and more awareness is happening. My question for the doubters is this...if something catastrophic were to occur in any given area and the locals had to hoof it cross country where exactly would one quench one's thirst after a long and stressful journey?? Peace. No need…the jist of the speech was that not only did no one care, but
polluters were going about business as usual circumventing environmental
reg’s…etc. The footage was the “kind no one sees on CNN” of barges
loaded with barrels of toxic waste being dumped into the open ocean.
The film was made in 1994 and while environmental concerns have been
around for many years…it was an appalling sight to behold…you get used
to it and more awareness is happening. My question for the doubters is
this…if something catastrophic were to occur in any given area and the
locals had to hoof it cross country where exactly would one quench one’s
thirst after a long and stressful journey?? Peace.

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-30070 Jimmy Sun, 04 Mar 2007 15:12:59 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-30070 I cannot watch Steven Segal. Nor can I listen to him. I will read the transcript :) I cannot watch Steven Segal. Nor can I listen to him. I will read the transcript :)

]]> By: Helen http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-30033 Helen Sun, 04 Mar 2007 10:07:55 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-30033 Finally watched this...FOR CRIS' SAKE For a more "up to date" version of "facile" disposal watch the last 10 or so minutes of "On Deadly Ground" w/Steven Seagal...good speech, scary footage!! (film) Finally watched this…FOR CRIS’ SAKE

For a more “up to date” version of “facile” disposal watch the last 10 or so
minutes of “On Deadly Ground” w/Steven Seagal…good speech, scary
footage!! (film)

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29976 Jimmy Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:14:39 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29976 You really don't have too much to worry about on the sodium. That stuff is so volalile that once the reaction takes place not much residual is left. But still worrisome! Yikes! Michelle is great. I have met her several times. She is the keeper of the keys of Hanford's history so to speak. You really don’t have too much to worry about on the sodium. That stuff is so volalile that once the reaction takes place not much residual is left. But still worrisome! Yikes!

Michelle is great. I have met her several times. She is the keeper of the keys of Hanford’s history so to speak.

]]> By: bluesky http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29948 bluesky Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:54:29 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29948 Imagine all that we don't about waste disposal at Hanford...eeek. Actually, many people have imagined that, and have been diligently digging up the evidence...Michele Gerber. Now there is a heroine. MI>On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanfor Nuclear Site. I never thought about the Lower Grand Coulee lakes as dumps, though. Shit. Into the water it goes! Over the steep bank it goes! Into the ravines it goes! Into the dark woods it goes! Out of site, out of mind! Imagine all that we don’t about waste disposal at Hanford…eeek. Actually, many people have imagined that, and have been diligently digging up the evidence…Michele Gerber. Now there is a heroine. MI>On the Home Front: The Cold War Legacy of the Hanfor Nuclear Site.

I never thought about the Lower Grand Coulee lakes as dumps, though. Shit. Into the water it goes! Over the steep bank it goes! Into the ravines it goes! Into the dark woods it goes! Out of site, out of mind!

]]> By: Kendall http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29808 Kendall Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:09:05 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29808 Recently it was reported that boron could be used in a similar reaction to crack hydrogen from water fast enough to run an internal combustion engine. http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Hydrogen_from_Water_using_Boron Recently it was reported that boron could be used in a similar reaction to crack hydrogen from water fast enough to run an internal combustion engine.

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Hydrogen_from_Water_using_Boron

]]> By: Darci http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29759 Darci Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:38:58 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29759 LMAO- it's a commercial for government regulation! That's something you don't see everyday. Funny how these explosions sound exactly like those in war movies of the same era... Cool clip, Jimmy! LMAO- it’s a commercial for government regulation! That’s something you don’t see everyday. Funny how these explosions sound exactly like those in war movies of the same era…

Cool clip, Jimmy!

]]> By: Dave Gibney http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29693 Dave Gibney Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:16:36 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29693 I dropped a pea size in a beaker once. Fortunately no serious injuries. :) It's the Hydrogen and Oxygen produced plus the heat that explodes. I dropped a pea size in a beaker once. Fortunately no serious injuries. :) It’s the Hydrogen and Oxygen produced plus the heat that explodes.

]]> By: Gordon http://www.mccranium.org/2007/02/28/open-thread-3/comment-page-1/#comment-29678 Gordon Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:08:44 +0000 http://www.mccranium.org/?p=464#comment-29678 Ahh! Good old Natrium (the latin name for Sodium). I remember learning about this fantastic element in high school chemistry. The teacher did essentially the same experiment as in this video just on a much smaller scale, and behind reinforced glass. Another time I will tell you about when the same instructor lit a corked bottle with ethanol gas. The cork flew off and richoted across ceiling and walls. Color us impressed! This sodium is also highly reactive with air as well. It is my understanding that some of the Hanford reactors used liquid sodium in the cooling chambers. This always amazed me. Imagine the explosion if there was a breach in the cooling system that allowed in moisture or air. Of course I guess sodium was used because it has better thermal properties and a higher boiling point than other more "stable" compounds like water. Ahh! Good old Natrium (the latin name for Sodium). I remember learning about this fantastic element in high school chemistry. The teacher did essentially the same experiment as in this video just on a much smaller scale, and behind reinforced glass. Another time I will tell you about when the same instructor lit a corked bottle with ethanol gas. The cork flew off and richoted across ceiling and walls. Color us impressed! This sodium is also highly reactive with air as well. It is my understanding that some of the Hanford reactors used liquid sodium in the cooling chambers. This always amazed me. Imagine the explosion if there was a breach in the cooling system that allowed in moisture or air. Of course I guess sodium was used because it has better thermal properties and a higher boiling point than other more “stable” compounds like water.

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