I give Saint Danilo praise for not wearing a Suit and Tie which the most stupid and ridiculous thing one can do in the Caribbean Climate!

lol

I would consider this a positive and sensible move for DR.

MJEV.

Keep it up Danilo !!! Way to go !!!

This is the kind of things I want see the government do my f@#$%^ tax money, not medical care for illegals Haitians.

EXPEL ALL ILLEGAL HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!!

QUE VIVA TRUJILLO !!!

Maybe Saint Danilo can improve on what Narco-Lie-onel did and make us Number 2!


"The Dominican Republic is number 1 in Latin America and the Carribean in power outages!"

Read the rest at:


RD, país de AL y el Caribe con más apagones

Al mes ocurren 17.7 cortes, siete veces más que la media de 2.5



diariolibre.com/movil/noticias_det.php?id=369437


Thank you Do Nothing Narco Lie-onel!

EXPEL ALL ILLEGAL HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!! Do not stop there Get rid of the Dominicans also

QUE VIVA TRUJILLO !!! Good idea!
Next time send the Pigie!

"This is the kind of things I want see the government do my f@#$%^ tax money"

built by the power company Ege-Haina at a cost of US$100.0 million..

NOT YOUR TAXES this is a Privately Held company!

Now lets see if we can get more reliable power distributed with tax dollars and our power bills to government distributors..

Good to see more use of natures powers.

BASTA:

I am working on it, starting with Leonel Fernandez who let those illegals in the country, in the first place.

EXPEL ALL ILLEGAL HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!!

QUE VIVA TRUJILLO !!! The Haitian cuco.

This is a great idea, I am going to resurrect him. LOL

PLD ===> Super Majority Party 2016



Danilo , El País y El PLD pa' lante y josea gritando!!


:)

stillhere

I know it's private.

What I mean is, that this kind of things, where I want to see our government spend my hard earned tax money.

Not in health care for Haitian illegals. OK??


EXPEL ALL ILLEGAL HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!!

QUE VIVA TRUJILLO !!! The Haitian CUCO.

"Written by: Atabey, 30 Jan 2013 2:07 PM
From: United States, NYC


PLD ===> Super Majority Party 2016



Danilo , El País y El PLD pa' lante y josea gritando!!


:)"



The Super Intellectual of the Deep Blue Waters of the Forum is so punch drunk now he is down to Chopo Sloganeering!

We just came from that area " looks good" but is not fully operational YET!. Again, Danilo is trying to do the right thing; let's hope that he keeps the "momentum".
Key to success: needs to stay away from the inbreed sub-culture of Purple thugs created during the LF's "COJIOCA".

The government spends RD$1.04 Billion pesos, on Haitian illegals health care.

How many Dominicans are in need of that money?

How many Dominican would benefit if that money is spent on education?

How many Dominicans would benefit if that money is spent on their health care??

How many Dominicans would put food on their tables ??

How many bridges would be build in DR??

How many roads paved??

How many schools build??

How many houses build??

How many hospitals ??

How many Kilo Watt of energy produced??

How many dams build??

How many canals for irrigation??

How many docks??

These are the kind of thing some people don't want to understand.

The Dominican Republic is a very poor country.

We cannot have the luxury of spending that kind of money on the health care of illegal Haitians, while our own people are in need of those funds.

EXPEL THOSE ILLEGALS HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!!

VIVA TRUJILLO MOLINA !!!!!

While built with private funds it was made possible by an agreement that the power generated will be subsidized by the D.R. government

A waste of money. More Crony-Socialism at the expense of the hard working, productive, member's of society.

"While built with private funds it was made possible by an agreement that the power generated will be subsidized by the D.R. government"

What do you mean by "subsidized"? If you mean the power output will be bought by our govt. Well, yes, of course! What do you want? Free electricity?
All power generated by private enterprise, by law, must be bought by the government. What it pays, is a lot less than what the state utility sells it for.

The more power generators built, the greater the competition in prices, hence the cheaper it becomes, per kilowatt. ..

In order to attract foreign investments interested in building generators of any kind, the price per kilowatt must be attractive enough to warrant the investment involved.

That's the way things work, Mr. C; It's called FREE ENTERPRISE!!

Written by: RonEvane,

What do you mean by "subsidized"? If you mean the power output will be bought by our govt. Well, yes, of course! What do you want? Free electricity?

Actually for a large segment of the DR it is free. Not legally of course but the Government turns a blind eye towards the robbery by the entitlement class as not to lose the votes.

I want the electricity industry in the D.R. privatized and for the productive not be forced to subsidize those thieving moochers.

AC HP,

OUT!!! you have no-valid voice on this site GUSANO HIJO DE PERRA*****. Why don't you go and deal with Raul. Pendejo Maricon (caps). Love your pic with the fish.......

says stillhere

NOT YOUR TAXES this is a Privately Held company!


first you have to explain to rokete what a privately held company is.

"I want the electricity industry in the D.R. privatized and for the productive not be forced to subsidize those thieving moochers."


Agree, 100% !

says anthonyc

I want the electricity industry in the D.R. privatized and for the productive not be forced to subsidize those thieving moochers.

you want to decide the ownership of assets of a country, go buy your own island. who the heck are you to want Dominican electricity privatized? last i checked, you are a gusano, not a Dominican.

"Gusano" is a pejorative term coined by the fascist government of Cuba to refer to all of those Cubans who are not 100% devoted to Fidel, Marx, Lenin, and Che Guevara.


I am a proud Gusano!!!!!!


Power to the Gusanos.

To idiots who support the longest dictatorship in the western world the pejorative term coined by said dictatorship "gusano" is used to describe the victims of said dictatorship while these morons admire the Castro dictatorship and wear their t-shirts with the bloodthirsty monster Che Guevara!

Of course these same morons always speak of freedom and democracy when it comes to their rights to follow the 100% failure of communism in the whole planet!

"To idiots who support the longest dictatorship in the western world"

Do those IDIOTS include Narco Lie-onel and Saint Danilo who support the Castro Brothers?

"Do those IDIOTS include Narco Lie-onel and Saint Danilo who support the Castro Brothers?"

Yes they do Josean, I don't trust any "democratic" leader who coddles dictators and I have always suspected the PLD of being closet communists who would do much more if given the chance.

Unfortunately in recent times many people mistake being democratically elected with being a democratic leader when tyrants like Trujillo and Hitler actually won elections (not to mention Sadaam Hussein who won 100% of the vote and the tyrants in Iran)

says Pepe

Written by: Pepe32, 30 Jan 2013 11:25 PM
From: Dominican Republic
"Do those IDIOTS include Narco Lie-onel and Saint Danilo who support the Castro Brothers?"

Yes they do Josean, I don't trust any "democratic" leader who coddles dictators and I have always suspected the PLD of being closet communists who would do much more if given the chance.

therefore, the is a long list of American presidents that you do not trust, then

"100,000 homes or keep one million low consumption light bulbs"

That meas the average household consumes an average of 10 low consumption light bulbs? I don't think so!

"220 million kilowatt/hours"? An average nuclear power station delivers 12,200 million kilowatt-hours - that's just over 55 times as much!

...And 55 times the worry and anguish as to what to do with radioactive waste for the next 1,000 years before it decays and loses its toxicity!

Face it, Roy. Nuclear is a failed technology and no matter how you look at it, it simply makes no logical sense to mess with it.

Cease and desist. Some of us know better than to play with radioactive fire!

Absolutely, Pepe32,
Trujillo actually got more votes than there were voters!

Dread,Coddling dictators and tolerating as a lesser of possible evils are distinct things not comparable to the morons who admire and support wholeheartedly a tyrant like Fidel and a bloodthirsty killer like Che Guevara and then have the nerve to talk about human rights and democracy.

Ron, nuclear is not "failed technology " - it is vastly superior to any other form of electricity generation on all counts. The problem is that most people fail to see it, just like most people believe there is an all-powerful, invisible man in the sky.

says Pepe32

Written by: Pepe32, 31 Jan 2013 10:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Dread,Coddling dictators and tolerating as a lesser of possible evils are distinct things not comparable to the morons who admire and support wholeheartedly a tyrant like Fidel and a bloodthirsty killer like Che Guevara and then have the nerve to talk about human rights and democracy.

really, Pepe? it depends on your moral standards. what you are telling me is that it was better for the USA to tolerate a beast like Trujillo than Castro. that is called self serving expediency. some of us believe that the US should have had nothing to do with Trujillo. they dealt with him because he was anti Castro. just like they dealt with all the other tyrants like Somoza, and Marcos, and Duvalier. they all destroyed their people, but comparative moralists like your self make a case for that type of action. so, as long as your friend has the same views as you, it does not matter that he is a wife beater. i thought so

tyrants and bloodthirsty killers,fumes Pepe. so, you think the US was just some benign government, right? ever heard of things like the Tuskegee experiment, Pepe? oh, i forgot. you have no interest in 'afrocentric" observations. then i won't bother going into Jim Crow and segregation laws. you have no interest in things like those, being Nordic and all.

Trujillo was a good man in an island full of bad people.

Most of the bad things attributed to him, were in reality perpetrated by some of his radical followers.

Supposedly in his favor.

People who favored drastic social and political extremes.

EXPEL THOSE ILLEGALS HAITIANS FROM QUISQUEYA !!!!!

VIVA TRUJILLO MOLINA !!!!!

@roy,

"""Written by: RoyStone, 1 Feb 2013 5:58 AM
From: Australia
Ron, nuclear is not "failed technology " - it is vastly superior to any other form of electricity generation on all counts."""

I have to give you credit for being so willing to swim upstream against a strong current. Ironically, you have taken a diametrically opposed positon on this issue to the one you have expressed in "Guns" thread in DT's forum.

The funny thing is that you could have 10,000 people from the left and right in a large room and, if asked for their position on gun possession, the results would likely be split 55%/45% (against/pro). However, if you ask the same question on nuclear electrical energy, the answer would likly be 99%/1% (against/pro). I would think you'd get the same results if you ask the question in Europe or Asia, so I'd conclude that your position is a lonely one and maybe not that rational.

MJEV.

glomarexplorer,
I concede that my view on nuclear energy is not a popular one, but not that is is irrational. I also accept that anti-nuclear sentiment is more prevalent amongst the left and environmentalists. However I am very much an environmentalist and most of my belief in nuclear energy is on environmental and humanitarian grounds.

Roy, the one thing about you that makes it difficult for me to figure is how you can be "very much an environmentalist" and still espouse/champion the nuclear road.

The nation of Japan, with it's physicists, engineers, economists, and highly accomplished workforce, has deemed nuclear to be impractical, in the sense that it's difficult to manage and the total price paid isn't worth the benefits, down the line.
Although it’s true that nuclear can be a far more efficient way of generating electricity, The genie unleashed can be very hard to put back in the bottle.
Australia with its vast empty territory, and stable geology, can be an ideal place as a repository for nuclear waste. Therefore, one of the few places on earth perfectly suited for such technology.

It is also, as you mentioned, one of the world’s largest producers of Uranium. … There’s nothing to stop your nation from developing nuclear to its finest/cutting edge/state of the art technology and with enough time and money, make it safe enough for the rest of us…. However…
There one slight flaw in this argument… Australia hasn’t a single nuclear power plant, and none planned!
You have to wonder why it does not, given the potential and all the pluses listed above!!
What gives, Roy!?

Ron, I may not agree with Roy in nuclear power but I don't see his stance of being both and environmentalist and nuclear power advocate as strange.. I know quite a few environmentalist that have this stance.
As for Ozz not having any nuclear power plants.. I believe most of the opposition comes down to the storage of waste, where it will be held and the transport of it. Also the "not in my backyard" power plant argument is very strong.. most politicos will not want to loss and election by approving a nuclear power station in their district..

Personally I'm not a nuclear power advocate and was very much against a proposed international nuclear waste transport route that was to go through my home town. Plus many other reasons.. but that not the debate here...

More alternative power is a must and the reduction of use by all is needed...

Nukes are a proven, efficient/prolific source of needed energy.
One would think Australia is the ideal setting for a plant or two. It has readily available Uranium ore, and a vast territory where one would want to, presumably, not only entomb local waste, but also market space to the international community. It could prove to be a very lucrative enterprise. But to make a pitch for the outback being a dumping ground for the world, would be a hard sell.

Nuclear technology suffers from a terrible public relations reputation. This is why it'll never fulfill it's claim as "clean energy", and die........... Good riddance!

Maybe you guys (Roy and Ron) can compromise on a Nuclear Powered METRO!


Is The Future Of Nuclear Power In Minireactors?

by Christopher Joyce

Almost 60 years ago, engineers in Idaho switched on the world's first nuclear power plant. It was only able to illuminate four light bulbs. The reactor vessel in Idaho stood about 8 feet high, and eventually it made enough electricity to power a building.

A nuclear plant today can produce 10,000 times as much electricity. But for the past 20 years, new nuclear plants have been too expensive to build. Now engineers are trying to revive the industry by thinking small again.

They're designing what they call "modular" or "mini"reactors. Instead of occupying a city block of buildings, the smallest could fit in a two-car garage. And it won't break the bank.

continued:

"We've been calling it the economy of small," says Jose Reyes, who runs a company called NuScale Power. Reyes has designed a reactor about one-tenth the size of current reactors. It looks very different, though, kind of like a 50-foot-plus thermos.

"The concept is that you can't take a large reactor with all of its pumps and valves and piping and just shrink it down and expect to see an economic advantage there," he says.

In a standard reactor, there are pipes running everywhere, and pumps and valves to circulate water to the reactor core. The hot fuel creates steam that is piped out of the reactor vessel to run a turbine. If pumps or valves fail to keep the water moving, you can get a Fukushima-style meltdown.

In the NuScale reactor, there are no pumps. Water circulates naturally as it gets heated and then cools off. The whole reactor sits underground in a tank of water that will flood everything in case of an accident.

continued:

Economies Of (Small) Scale?

Nuclear engineers say this so-called "passive" cooling design is safer than existing plants. Reyes says it's cheaper, too. Because his reactors are small, a utility company can order, say, have a dozen, then add more as needed.

"If you built a six-pack plant," says Reyes, "you're looking at a cost of around $1 billion, $1.2 billion. And if you are looking at filling it out with the remainder, it's about a $2 billion plant. So we're not asking the utilities to put out 5, 6, 7 billion dollars upfront to build a large facility. "

A large traditional plant also takes a decade to build. During that time, a builder pays interest on borrowed money and jumps through numerous regulatory hoops. But the minireactor people say, "Just tell us how many you want, and we'll ship them from the factory along with the ignition key."

continued:

There are doubters, of course, like Ernest Moniz, a physicist and energy expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"To really test that proposition, you've got to produce a whole bunch of the same modular reactor on a cookie cutter line, because that's where the cost reduction is supposed to come from," he says. That requires a lot of start-up money and lots of orders for an unproven technology.

Another problem: If a minireactor puts out, say, one-tenth the electricity of one of its giant brethren, it will have to cost about one-tenth as much to build and operate to be competitive.

Energy consultant Kevin Book, with ClearView Energy Partners, says that's not likely. Some costs are pretty well fixed, no matter how small you are — getting permits, for example, or paying interest on loans.

"If you only have a very small plant bearing a very large regulatory or capital cost from delay," he says, "you don't have an economic resource at all."

continued:

Looking To The Future

Nonetheless, mininukes are popular. Enthusiasts include Microsoft's Bill Gates, who's backing a company called TerraPower.

At the industry's Nuclear Energy Institute, policy head Paul Genoa says minireactors might appeal to smaller utilities or foreign buyers who can't afford $5 billion for a big power plant. And cheaper kinds of power — coal and natural gas, for example — may not look so good as more governments tax or limit climate-warming carbon from power plants. Nuclear reactors don't emit carbon.

"The price that we're trying to compete with is not the price of a big nuclear plant today, or natural gas today," says Genoa, "but it's what it will be in 2020, and it's what it will be in different parts of the world."

continued:

Reyes' company, NuScale, and reactor builder Babcock & Wilcox have asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve their mininuke designs. Babcock & Wilcox is, in fact, already making small reactors — but they don't make commercial electricity. They power Navy submarines.

npr.org/2011/06/06/137004383/is-the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-mini-reactors

npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=137004383&m=137012128

Mini nuclear reactors may soon appear in a town near you

Experts argue that downsized power sources can provide safe, efficient energy.

Nuclear energy is not just the darling of rogue countries anymore. As The Washington Post reports, nuclear power is making a comeback — and soon smaller reactors may be sitting at the end of small town Main Street. Living near a nuclear plant is potentially dangerous — a meltdown is a catastrophic event — but proponents of nuclear energy say coal plants carry 100 times more radiation into surrounding areas than nuclear reactors. Further, nuclear energy emits no carbon dioxide.

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The following paragraph supports this statement from:

“Written by: stillhere, 3 Feb 2013 9:02 AM
From: Dominican Republic

Ron, I may not agree with Roy in nuclear power but I don't see his stance of being both and environmentalist and nuclear power advocate as strange.. I know quite a few environmentalist that have this stance. “

continued:

Consequently, environmental activists and politicians are joining together to promote it. In 2006, Greenpeace founding member Patrick Moore famously pointed out that nuclear energy is the only large-scale, cost-effective energy source that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions while maintaining power for the population.

Moore received a lot of heat for his statements, but he’s not alone in making them.

Other eco-activists have advocated nuclear energy, while Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has invested millions in nuclear energy research.

continued:

Further, President Barack Obama recently announced the construction of the first nuclear power plant since the 1970s. He has announced more than $8 billion in federal loans for new power plants, all in the hopes of reducing American carbon dioxide output. As he told reporters in February, "On an issue that affects our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, we can't continue to be mired in the same old stale debates between left and right, between environmentalists and entrepreneurs. Our competitors are racing to create jobs and command growing energy industries. And nuclear energy is no exception.”

continued:

All this has led to new innovations in the field: namely, in smaller, localized nuclear reactors. Dan Ingersoll works with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. As he told the Post, "It's getting very difficult and very expensive to lay new transmission lines. This offers the possibility of providing isolated communities with power." The Department of Energy is working on models that can produce 300 megawatts, which could power a small city. The DOE may even look into models that produce 50 megawatts, enough to power a town.

continued:

These new reactors may also be smaller and more efficient. Gate’s venture, TerraPower, is trying to eliminate some of the problems with current nuclear power, including the use of the fuel to build weapons. TerraPower is working on a “traveling wave reactor” that would be powered by depleted uranium. Another advantage of the smaller plants is that they would be buried — less of a “bull’s eye” for terrorists. If the use of depleted uranium as a power source comes to fruition, the Post reports that there is already enough depleted uranium to power 10 billion Americans for 100 millennia.

Ultimately, the future of these smaller nuclear reactors is unknown. Experts say that other free sources of energy, such as wind and solar, are much less expensive to build. In the end, economics will decide if a wind turbine or a small nuclear reactor gets built in any town.

mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/mini-nuclear-reactors-may-soon-appear-in-a-town-near-you

Ron asks
"Australia hasn’t a single nuclear power plant, and none planned!
You have to wonder why it does not, given the potential and all the pluses listed above!!
What gives"?

The same reason why the Australian Prime Minister, despite being an atheist, gave 1.5 million tax-payers' dollars towards the beatification of Saint Mary McKillop - politics. The problem with democracy is that most people are stupid.

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."

Sir Winston Churchill