Paul Newman’s secret support for nuclear power
Here’s an interesting read for you night owls.
Sad that Newman had to remain in the closet over such a common-sense issue.
But that’s tolerant Hollyweird for you…
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For the Nuclear power proponents:
• Just keep the plants & the waste in your own back yard, and
• Don’t come crying to the Feds. for relief when you’re sick or dying from radiation sickness, deal with it!
WOW! Nothing like COURAGE from the AFTERLIFE!! I am sure that Mr. Newman had many concerns and it is NOTABLE that he was concerned about the SMALL BUSSINESS that would be effected by his COMMING OUT on ISSUES. But than again what in the world do I KNOW!
What an outstanding article. It makes one wonder how many other Hollywierd types are really closet conservatives.
As far as Yucca Mountain is concerned, I personally took a tour, and like Paul Newman, I too was very impressed. Do I mind that it is there now? Nope. I educated myself on the project. The next time some “Independent” voter tells you why Yucca Mountain will be the world’s Armageddon, ask them, “So have you actually been there to see it in person and take a tour of the facility?”
But what I do mind is all these environmental whacko tree huggers that don’t live in Nevada, complain that they don’t want all the nuclear waste in this country to be sent to one safe underground location, but that the alternative is to leave the waste scattered all across the country sitting above ground behind barbed-wired fences. How would you like to live near one of those facilities?
I’ll take the mountain instead.
Speaking of RFK Jr., Matt Lauer wants to know how his dad is doing:
Video
Thanks. We will. STNP already provides a good percentage of San Antonio’s power (SA also has a coal-fired plant). They’re building another new reactor. France, one of those places you libs love to emulate, gets about 80% of their power from nuclear. Saves bunches of oil. The only accident that I know of where radiation escaped was at Chernobyl, and that was because of lousy Russian technology.
IMO, it’s Obamas election to lose if he doesn’t change his stance in this energy crisis. McCains position is far more ideal. Lets build more Nuclear powerplants, drill for oil, clean coal technology, hydroelectric and so forth are the way to go.
Wow another NIMBY. I have no issue with that just dont ask for any of my electricity, deal with it. By the way I have been for a number of years with the Palo Verde plant just west of Phoenix. So far no one has died from it. Wish I could say the same from all the illegals in this area.
As you say Independent voter. Now go build your own solar collector and windmill and get off our grid. Good for Paul Newman but his was just one more opinion. Celebrity should mean little to nothing. As a boy I worshiped baseball players but soon found they were mere mortals too.
I tried to watch the RFK Jr. video; I just can not stand those privileged crybabies.
How is that alternative energy coming Independent voter? Windmill up?
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I always liked Paul Newman. I did not always agree with his politics, he was a Democrat. I remember watching him and Robert Redford on the 1972 Democratic National Telethon. The Dems were using the Jerry Lewis idea because they were broke at the time.
What impressed me about Mr. Newman was he put his money where his mouth was. These Hollywood libs of today make a big show of their wrong headed politics for the Hollywood establishment and do mostly nothing. Paul Newman quietly made things happen and made many lives much happier. May he rest in peace.
Independent… Ya, let’s go the way of BHO/Biden and use
clean coal(Biden says “no new clean coal plants in USA”)–oops!–wind, nope, try cooling your fridge on a fuel supply that is more fickle than a Dem at a real tax-cutting Senate session– and–Kennedy doesn’t like his view blocked by power generating windmills in a place where they can actually generate power for significant periods of time. Poor old, useless fart needs a “view” but not power–surprised? Nuc’s are the future–if you love your country, and the future of the next generations of AMERICANS. If you prefer otherwise, perhaps you should consider Cuba(add socialist state of your preference) as your domicile and let us Americans keep our independence. K?In 1972, the democrats needed all the help they could get. It was a disaster for them. If I recall, McGovern won 1 state (Mass.) and D.C.. Who knew, at that time, that Watergate would be their victory? But, back then, not all democrats were extreme left-wingers. Some of them were pretty decent people. As far as nuclear power goes, the Navy has been using it for decades. Ships come in and out of Norfolk here all the time. Yet, one never sees protests about it. Put a small nuclear satellite on the launch pad and watch the MSM and protesters have a fit. Windmills are fine if you want candles on a calm day. We might even cheer on tropical storms and no’easters. “Honey, we can watch TV tonight, a storm is coming”.
I sent this to my dear mother, practically a neighbor of Paul’s a couple of towns away in CT. She was a huge fan, but she probably would not have found this article on her own. (If she’d ever stop watching “The View” and Olbermann, perhaps.) Thanks for linking it, Michelle.
I would only ask that you sign a form stating that for the half-life of the waste, you will not accept one watt from the plant.
When your parents can’t keep the lights on due to high prices, you will lose your internet forum.
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Newman once, funny he never mentioned this.
Coming out of the closet no big deal in Hollywood but coming out as a Republican or for anything other than libtard ideologies bad.
Newman was a gaint inside and out.
Fixed that one.
It’s sad that one cannot express their views without being ostrasized by their peers.
I’m sure the libs will denounce this story as fabrication and a smear job just as they do any other time the truth comes out about one of their own.
Mr Newman must have had a streak of conservatism in his blood.
Probably the Capitalist gene coming out.
Gee! First blog out of the box this morning. An in-your-face opened minded liberal.
Dear independent
I have some old Frensel solar lenses I experimented with 50 years ago in Jr. High science science class. I realized back then how impractical and defused solar energy is. Your welcome to use them. My calculation you’ll need about 600 sq. feet for to run a very small house. Oh you better buy $6000 of batteries for backup. PLEASE DON’T COME CRYING TO THE FEDS WHEN YOU GET LEAD POISONING FROM THE BATTERIES AND KEEP THE RECYCLING CENTER OUT OF MY BACK YARD
I could easily counter that the anti-coal, anti-nuclear, anti-refinery folks should:
* Just disconnect their houses from the power grid
* Don’t come crying to us when it’s January and you’re freezing your rear off.
Funny how – in Europe – they have loads of nuclear power plants. But, apparently, it’s only okay for us to emulate their political correctness and other ways of committing cultural suicide – just as long as we don’t realize nuclear power is safe and effective.
Got it.
We have one right up the coast in Southern Califonria, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. It has been operating since 1968, and serves 2.75 million households. We are quite pleased with it.
lol, yup rob and it isnt any uglier than the superdome….
YES ROB. When I was in high school reactor #1 provided a really good tax base for our schools.
I would have preferred this article not being written. He’s gone and we should remember him for his character. His politics: probably liberal, but a kind and decent man, married to the same woman for over 50 years, and I never recall him saying anything unkind about anyone.
He was Cool Had Luke. I miss him.
rob, fam man, where are you guys? I’m out in palm desert….
just curious.
I didn’t take this article as being unkind to Paul Newman. It just stated a fact, that he was a closet proponent of nuclear energy. Nothing wrong with that. No one is critizing his character and in fact, we honor him as a fine man and a humanitarian.
Land of the windmills…. and plenty of room for a nuc. plant, that is if the enviroweenies wake up and realize the 3 toed lizard will move. after all the mojave desert is huge don’tcha know.
Lets see:
Nuclear is too dangerous.
Oil releases CO2
Natural gas releases CO2
Solar is too expensive and needs a backup
Wind kills birds and changes weather patterns in large arrays.
Ocean generators change current speed thus changing weather patterns.
Biomass releases methane.
I Understand now.
Got to go now. We need to go HUNT and GATHER.
I grew up in Fallbrook California . I now live in the free and financially sound state of Idaho.
the latest I heard was the windmills were killing bats. lol, they must be made out of maple.
Grew up in S. CT and when I was in grade school we went on a field trip (!!!) to the CT Yankee plant in Haddam Neck (now closed). Clean, green and quiet.
Upgraded homeland security aside, I wonder what kind of outrage we’d see if a trip like that was planned, now 30 years later?
Between the nuke plants and sub base we were surrounded with nuclear power and I never felt safer. Still do.
Newman was a class act.
Mr. Operation Independence,,,,, When we have a shortage of power or energy on our power grid can you please volunteer to shut your power down????. It would be only fair since you are against nuclear power like France has. Now deal with it please.
I hear ya fam man, ya think Ahhhhnold would open up California’s check book like Gov. Palin did in Alaska????? lol!
Fallbrook is nice, I grew up in Arrowhead and wonder every day why I’m in this sand pit now…
I agree. Newman was probably the hottest liberal in Hollywood. However, having said that, he was principled and that I can respect. He gave all of his proceeds from his food products to charity. Let’s see any other Hollywood liberal do that.
I enjoyed (and still do) his acting abilities. That kind of talent doesnt exist in Hollywood anymore. There is nobody to take their places.
I just ate some Paul Newman fig newtons for breakfast.
I got this from Rush yesterday…
rob, thank you for making me cry, you know the dry man kind of tears like Bidet….
McCain could strip down naked wear a sandwich board with “Climate Change is real” on one side and “I love Juan Hernandez” on the other and I’d still vote for him over the dipstick Obama.
Your sand pit has two good geothermal power locations. There is plenty of wind and a lot of room for nuclear generation.. Your sitting on a gold mine of power. All you need to do is get the crazies off your backs. The 3 toed lizard will need to find a new home.
Yes, I did their communcation systems for them. very clean, efficient and in the middle of nowhere….
and they have prisons for neighbors…. lol.
Our ruling class sure has a lot of chutzpa naming buildings after them selves. Me, I’m all for nuclear power, including nuclear powered spacecraft. It would make the Mission to Mars in months instead of years.
I never really liked Paul Newman (May God rest his Soul). We were at a major race one year and a nine year old boy approached him and asked for an autograph. Newman looked down at the boy and yelled at the little race fan that he did not sign autographs and should go away. The boy burst into tears and walked away. I walked up to Newman and said that it was not necessary to yell at the boy, a simple no would have done.
I’d love the chance to design nuke plants; very specialized though.
Goldwater Knight. I may be wrong but aren’t the new designs for nuke plants using gas as a coolant. much safer than the old water cooled designs?
I don’t think so. I’ve seen elemental sodium used as a coolant rather that heavy water. The problem with sodium is it explodes when it comes in contact with water or air.
We need to educate the environmental crazies.
Gas cooled reactors.
A safety feature of a nuclear reactor that does not require operator action or electronic feedback in order to shut down safely in the event of a particular type of emergency (usually overheating resulting from a loss of coolant or loss of coolant flow). Such reactors tend to rely more on The engineering of components such that their predicted behavior according to known laws of physics would slow, rather than accelerate, the nuclear reaction in such circumstances. This is in contrast to some older reactor designs, where the natural tendency for the reaction was to accelerate rapidly from increased temperatures, such that either electronic feedback or operator triggered intervention was necessary to prevent damage to the reactor.
I am not going to kick a corpse and I sure won’t admire one either.
I think some of best, new designs use gravity to extract the fuel in the event of a overheating problem.
Zorro up at limerock?
Interesting article from NR about the great Paul Newman and his interest in nuclear power. But what the heck is “The Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies”? I would bet that this is an earmark that Reid engineered as a monument to his own egomania. Reid is hardly a great steward of the land. His main contribution to the land of Nevada is cutting himself in on cushy real estate deals that the middle class would never be allowed in on. The “Reid Center” sounds alot to me like the earmark that Charles Rangel got for CUNY if it called itself “The Charles Rangel Center”. Sorry for the digression, Couldn’t resist.
harry reid center for enviroMENTAL studies, hm how do I get that marble chipping contract
will do for free
Goldwater Knight
I’m thinking of the pebble bed reactor (PBR) Is sodium used in this design?
Mid-Ohio. Years ago. Newman was racing his 240Z back then. It was a Can-Am weekend.
PS- We usually go to the Petite Le Mans at Road Atlanta this weekend but a national sales meeting was scheduled! Rats!!
Reid and Frank should be sharing a cell, oh wait they’d like that to much, put one of them in the prison cafeteria.
hm that post was banned let me try again:
this is an open thread until MM finds something new for some to female dog about.
Z,
okay have seen him up at LR, what a festive venue that is.
I need to make a list of what I get slammed for this is getting funny, cant mention allahpundnit is a butthat either
I’ll save them all for next thread on how obama is censoring…..
Newman’s no Sundance Kid.
Please. This is not the Huffy post or the Daily Koss.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-cooled_fast_reactor
This is what you must be talking about Family Man.
Thanks Goldwater. I need to update my knowledge base.
Fam?
Never said it was. slammeed perhaps an improper term as am BLOCKED from saying sorry to have been vague.
My first TV show I remember was in 1952 Edward R. Murrow’s Person to Person. He interviewed Paul Newman and his wife. I’ve always enjoyed Newman’s work and he will be missed.
Thank you, AJ…you always make me laugh and I needed that!
Speaking of Hollywood, why don’t they bail out California instead of asking the rest of us. They helped create the problem with highly inflated real estate. You made your own bed now lie in it.
But they will not. They are only for helping people with other people’s money.
Speak,
CA has been the leader on so many issues lets see like immagration, supplying their own energy, all that defending of the constitution etc.
What ya want they should manage $ too?
This bailout will end up like a runaway train streaking across the US.
Might as well just cut a check to all 50 now and be done with it.
How many Nuc. plants would 850 billion build? anyone know the cost of one?
We try to use civil language on these threads. Foul language isn’t necessary to get our points across.
I don’t know how much one would cost. But I do know, if we don’t become energy independant, the cost to our freedom and security will be too much to bear. McCain needs to get back to this issue…big time! It is a sure winner for the republicans.
Happy,
masked vulgarity is? I am not someone who swears often but yupp there are times I want to. Children don’t read this blog hell nobody does on weekends!
Aj,
as I said yesterday we haven’t come close to being screwed yet yesterday was 4play… it is what it is
it’s not foreplay it’s… G.A.N.G.R.A.P.E.
happy you get it yet?
why is damn crap screwed and other vulgar terms allowed? do you really think those are acceptable?
I don’t
AJ
get ready and spread wider ;(
“masked vulgarity” is what? All I am saying is we don’t need to use foul language to get our point across. Yes, I want to swear sometimes too. And sometimes I do. For instance, you can be a real smart a$$ at times.
Use carp, poo and doo…. lol.
and Gov. Sarah’s Gosh Darnit….
here is a test:
AJ you are an a$$hat.
that wil work but use the letter S and it won’t
Aj,
obambi is kaqa wait is that racist or a town in iraq?
If you don’t think those words are acceptable, why do you use them? Again, all I am saying is you don’t NEED to use foul language to get a point across. If we would go back to a bit more civility in this country, we might be surprised how much nicer things would be. But that’s just me from Minnesota. You know, that Minnesota Nice thing.
and why am I in this squabble? lol
Now that was funny? See, a good laugh is very very NICE.
Happy,
hugss YOU
There ya go. There is joy to be found
80 to 100 Enough for our total needs.
I didn’t mean to put a question mark after my word “funny”. I meant to put an exclamation point! Because it WAS funny!
Aj cuz you are the guy and happy and I are goofing off while this blog is dead.
Handle it
Fam,
seems to me you and Gold with a little duct tape and the rest of us sitting in bendy chairs cheering you both on could
build em cheaper. I’ll bring some cow
Aj,
can you bring what everyone us mails you? it is a partay afterall
Actually, I like aj in the mix. Adds another perspective and some humor too. However, I have to go get some work done and you are right, this thread is probably pretty much done. Back on topic…drill here, drill now…and nuclear plants in every state!
happy don;t bail now 15 useless posts to get to 100!!
100 nuke plant, using new water splitting methods could produce enough hydrogen to run 900 million cars for a year. Yup. We got screwed!
Aj,
oh well I was ready to jello wrassle for ya …sigh….
I’ll bring the moose burgers.
Fam,
Who are you creating energy for?
I burn carbon
moose burgers? I’ll jello wrassle for one ( 9 to go )
I’m going to make a man breakfast here in a few minutes, all welcome… lol.
What number is this?
Oh, I see. It was number 93. Almost there.
Me. I like my toaster in the morning with yummy butter and marmalade.
Is it against the law to take out some dipstick mowing his lawn this early on a saturday? and what the fine, it may be worth it.
Saying the word “screwed” wasn’t necessary to get your point across. Oh wait, yes it was!!
get a wood stove you don’t need nuke that said I’ll come to party and watch
Geeze, now a weedy, next the blower, I may lose it.