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Or I'll punch you.

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from the right angle, they look like boobs.

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Just wait for CK to post, this topic hits his sweet spot.
I, personally, am all for nuclear power; it’s safe, cheap, and...uh...the reactors look like boobs. (thanks whiskey)
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nuclear power 0wns j0u.

and that looks like that plant they used the picture of in Naked Gun...

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  • virtually unlimited fuel
  • low amound of concentrated, controllable waste
  • zero air pollution
  • cheapest source of power (minus construction of plant)

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First of all, let me add a disclaimer that I am remembering this from Highschool debate, which was a long time and a good number of brain cells ago.

That being said, there is a certain type of reactor (no I don't remember the name) that is a unique breeder. It takes in nuclear (to quote Homer, "it's pronounced nuk-u-lur") waste and converts it into usable fuel for the fisson process. It takes in much more waste than it produces. So, we have a nuclear plant that reduces waste as it produces power.

The drawbacks to this system is that it is a breeder reactor. At the time of my study, it wasn't capable of producing weapons grade plutonium, but it seemed that the development of the reactor was headed that way. In debate, breeder reactors=bad because of LDN's (Lesser Developed Nations, double-plus good debate-speak) theoretically using them to get to everyone's favorite impact, nuclear war. It was always difficult to weigh 3 nuclear wars against 5. But I digress.
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it's true, breeder reactors convert thorium to plutonium (forgot the isotopes), but there is a lot more to building a bomb then just having the raw materials. I highly doubt you could build a firearm with just a hunk of steel, metal working tools, and gunpowder.
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to get to everyone's favorite impact, nuclear war.

I once linked the use of toothpaste to nuclear war. Seems you can't win a debate when your disadvantages are lost rights or unhappy people.

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I highly doubt you could build a firearm with just a hunk of steel, metal working tools, and gunpowder.

Sure you could. Assuming that hunk of steel is a capped-off tube. Only thing else you'd need is a fuse and some nails.

There's always a crude alternative.
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dumbass protestor: what if the fusion reactor breaks or something

scientist: yeah it'll be a real pain to start the reaction up again seeing as it'll stop instantly the second critical density is lost.

dumbass protestor: yeah but...erm...what if...oh i'm gonna go shoot myself in the head

Scientists: no dont do that you'll cause more pollution than our reactor does and then you'll be even more of a hypocrite

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