07-13-2009, 07:00 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-13-2009, 07:13 PM by weakwarrior.)
Quote:BTW, why do people include nuclear with renewable? Clean, yes. Eco-friendly, yes. Uses a fuel with no better uses? Yes. But renewable? Not unless you have a super-nova handy.No energy is renewable - that´s a law of thermodynamics. ´Uses a fuel with no better uses and which there is plenty of´ is probably what people mean by renewable.
Quote:The main difference being that the answer to exam questions is known and thus boring. The results of a dissertation were not previously known, and thus interesting (at least to someone).Just a nit but I´ve read plenty of Ph.D. theses (my own included) which were boring to everyone.