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Who were your heroes or villains of the last year, and why? Who inspired you? Who had you kicking the cat across the room? They don't have to be well known, you might even want to laud the achievements of your binman. (Note that "Nick Clegg nuff said" answers puts you straight onto our naughty list)

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 29 Dec 2011, 15:05)
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Villans - The Japanese. And the US nuclear industry of 1960.
For having a complete nuclear meltdown, just at a time when it was looking possible to reduce our carbon emissions and requirement to import fuel in a major way by building new nuclear power stations.
(speedevil, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 13:18, 6 replies)
Thorium reactors are the way forward -
or at least a stopgap until really effective solar and fusion power become possibilities.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Thorium_as_a_nuclear_fuel
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 13:32, closed)
That has all the
hallmarks of a ranty 'look what big-oil is hiding' persecution complex.
(username failed moderation, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 14:18, closed)
Just Googled Thorium Reactor

www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/8393984/Safe-nuclear-does-exist-and-China-is-leading-the-way-with-thorium.html

Sounds interesting. To think we could be investing in this rather than poxy wind farms.
(Nitrous Nitrous, Fri 30 Dec 2011, 18:07, closed)
But cheap electricity is right-wing and causes cancer.

(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 31 Dec 2011, 2:38, closed)
Particularly as it's about as common as lead.

(I helped save b3ta! The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Sat 31 Dec 2011, 2:37, closed)
I've been saying this for a while.
Also: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell
Looks very promising. Some say that it must be working well (the US Navy tends to keep the results under its hat for some time before releasing them to the public) as work on naval railguns is now progressing apace. The thing holding those up was the lack of electrical power on warships.
(I helped save b3ta! Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...", Sat 31 Dec 2011, 3:10, closed)

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