tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post2369957527266595891..comments2024-02-16T17:52:44.944-06:00Comments on The Nuclear Green Revolution: Edward Teller, Global Warming, and Molten Salt ReactorsCharles Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-90472454591256489942015-07-11T01:30:55.087-05:002015-07-11T01:30:55.087-05:00Yes Teller was a visionary who foresaw effects fro...Yes Teller was a visionary who foresaw effects from burning "fossil" fuels. He saw global warming when others were talking of the coming ice age. He felt Robert Oppenheimer was a disturbed man working against his development of the H-bomb or "super." He thought revocation of Oppenheimer's security clearance (a day before it was to expire anyway) was prudent, and he was vilified for it the rest of his life by those who thought Oppenheimer was God. Turns out he was right about Oppenheimer, a schizophrenic and active communist party member while he ran the Manhattan Project; a position he was given by lying to EOL by promising to stay out of his typical "left wing" politics for the duration. Oppenheimer's communist party association is proven beyond a shadow of a doubt by Gregg Harkin in his book "Brotherhood of the Bomb." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-68043412307509033422010-10-03T12:19:32.298-05:002010-10-03T12:19:32.298-05:00Konrad, no one has claimed that Teller invented th...Konrad, no one has claimed that Teller invented the theory. And if you believe that it has been disproven, I am sure you find that belief comforting.Charles Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125297013064527425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-18807000743990752182010-10-03T11:45:06.803-05:002010-10-03T11:45:06.803-05:00It was not Teller's hypothesis, the CO2-effect...It was not Teller's hypothesis, the CO2-effects on world's temperature, but from Swante Arrhenius 1896. And the hypothesis is falsified by theory and reality.Konrad Fischerhttp://www.konrad-fischer-info.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-91374439696254456242008-03-19T05:01:00.000-05:002008-03-19T05:01:00.000-05:00A lot of solar scientist think we are headed for ...A lot of solar scientist think we are headed for a little ice age. Given the temperature stall of the last decade and the precipitous drop this winter they might be right.<BR/><BR/>We may be headed for a Dalton Minimum in sun spots. So far the next cycle is late. Only a few months so far. If it is a couple of years late we might need to be concerned.<BR/><BR/>In other words. The science is not settled. And the computer models are not so hot.M. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09508934110558197375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7597656451205429515.post-84181960676084020492008-03-01T18:12:00.000-06:002008-03-01T18:12:00.000-06:00Ah, Teller. I think you do a great job here of des...Ah, Teller. I think you do a great job here of describing this flawed, and vitally important figure in history. Although there's some debate about how much Strangelove is based on Teller- the character seems to be part Edward Teller, part Herman Kahn, and part Werner von Braun. Kubrick met with Kahn when he was working on the film, but Kahn himself was very different in character and appearance from Strangelove. Both Teller and Kahn were of Jewish background, so the Nazi connection in the film is particularly inappropriate. Given his Nazi past (which he lamely excused by explaining that he joined the Party for purely mercenary reasons), von Braun is the most morally problematic one of the three. I personally would be hesitant to describe any of the three as "the real Dr. Strangelove"- it really isn't fair.Sovietologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099598091505738702noreply@blogger.com