Stupidity on the Airwaves
Okay, so I was listening to Jim Bohannon on my way back from campus, and he had some guest who's a proponent of those petrol-electric hybrid dorkmobiles. Okay, I can handle that. The guy sounded like he knew his stuff, and was even a proponent of nuclear power. Great.
Then, the calls start. The first call, and the only one I listened to, was from some absolute mouth breather, whose name I didn't catch. She claimed that she didn't think that the automobile industry could be given credit for developing those hybrid dorkmobiles; Jimbo's guest politely pointed out that they were designed by engineers whose job it is to make things more efficient.
There'd been a brief mention of the value of nuclear power before they took her call, and at one point she said "So you're talking about nuclear power? Well, what about the waste? You have to clean that up, right?" So he politely explained that nuclear power produces no atmospheric emissions, and that the waste is dangerous, but that they're rather small for the benefit that you get from them, and they can be taken care of.
"Well, what about solar?" So he politely explained to her that the Sun is weak, otherwise we wouldn't be able to survive. He explained that in order to get enough energy out of the sun to be usable, you have to have a lot of solar arrays encompassing a vast area. "So shouldn't they be developing that technology?" He explained that they are.
This stupid woman proceeded to take up five or six minutes of everyone's life, just to restate the same stupid arguments that all lunatic morons have about energy in the twenty-first century. "Nuclear waste is bad. We should be developing solar! The car companies don't want to make anything more efficient because they're in bed with the oil companies! Listen to me!"
Honestly. What a joke.
Then, the calls start. The first call, and the only one I listened to, was from some absolute mouth breather, whose name I didn't catch. She claimed that she didn't think that the automobile industry could be given credit for developing those hybrid dorkmobiles; Jimbo's guest politely pointed out that they were designed by engineers whose job it is to make things more efficient.
There'd been a brief mention of the value of nuclear power before they took her call, and at one point she said "So you're talking about nuclear power? Well, what about the waste? You have to clean that up, right?" So he politely explained that nuclear power produces no atmospheric emissions, and that the waste is dangerous, but that they're rather small for the benefit that you get from them, and they can be taken care of.
"Well, what about solar?" So he politely explained to her that the Sun is weak, otherwise we wouldn't be able to survive. He explained that in order to get enough energy out of the sun to be usable, you have to have a lot of solar arrays encompassing a vast area. "So shouldn't they be developing that technology?" He explained that they are.
This stupid woman proceeded to take up five or six minutes of everyone's life, just to restate the same stupid arguments that all lunatic morons have about energy in the twenty-first century. "Nuclear waste is bad. We should be developing solar! The car companies don't want to make anything more efficient because they're in bed with the oil companies! Listen to me!"
Honestly. What a joke.
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