Is Nuclear Energy Worth the Risk?

[Daywalker]

I think a Nuclear Facility had no business being built upon the Ring of Fire.



Radiation is floating in US waters as we type.


Jack put in a link to a blog earlier in this thread.
Thank you Jack, it made for some really interesting reading last night.


I refuse to be one of those people that believes everything Authorities spew
about the dangers that surround us. I am not a paranoid person, but
was taught to 'question everything'.


If radiation gets into mah soil here, I'll be one pissed off Hippy.
I prefer to grow mah Harvest outdoors, doncha know.



Solar and Wind might not line the oil fuck-wads' pockets with green,
but it sure as hell will ensure that our hillsides remain green.

[Apocalipstic]

Originally Posted by Kat

Yes, if we'll be wanting electricity in the relatively near future that doesn't further speed up climate change.

Sadly, everything seems to involve a Faustian bargain these days...

Indeed!

Originally Posted by Corkey

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...nuclear-planet

Maddow had this up on her blog today. By the looks of it we are already screwing up our DNA as well as every single living thing on the planet.

We are doomed, no matter how we look at it.

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by Daywalker

I think a Nuclear Facility had no business being built upon the Ring of Fire.



Radiation is floating in US waters as we type.


Jack put in a link to a blog earlier in this thread.
Thank you Jack, it made for some really interesting reading last night.


I refuse to be one of those people that believes everything Authorities spew
about the dangers that surround us. I am not a paranoid person, but
was taught to 'question everything'.


If radiation gets into mah soil here, I'll be one pissed off Hippy.
I prefer to grow mah Harvest outdoors, doncha know.



Solar and Wind might not line the oil fuck-wads' pockets with green,
but it sure as hell will ensure that our hillsides remain green.

There have been so many conflicting reports about the Japanese plant, I find it difficult to trust much of what has been reported. Some of this I believe is simply due to unknown facts. And so much that needs to be evaluated is has too high of radiation levels for workers to even get cameras in.

Reports of radiation levels have been all over the place- even from organizations that have a lot of expertise.

There isn't much room for error with nuclear power- consequently I don't put much weight in the accident records. It is just not like other kinds of mishaps. We have no control over events like earthquakes or tsunamis and at what magnitude they can hit. And we do not have the spent fuel storage/disposal figured out.

Frankly, I don't think a thing has been blown out of proportion- higher levels of particular kinds of radiation have entered the Japanese food chain and water.

Yes, ask questions and do research. I don't doubt the great minds that bring these kinds of advances to us at all- I do not trust government regulatory agencies and plant management to do what the scientists and engineers tell them in order to run these plants in a safe manner- they will not do so because of costs. Look at what was going on in the Gulf with regulation agencies! And not only does this suck due to the spill, but that is an area that has a large work force in the oil drilling industry along with fishing. Nuclear plants also provide many jobs.


Right now, due to cost, huge energy companies in the US won't touch nuclear power.