Outrageous - New Nukes Planned

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michellefrey

I can't believe how crazy it sounds to hear that the nuclear industry is trying to build more plants and get more federal funding to do so.

The nuclear industry is actually trying to paint itself green! It is true that they don’t emit greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. But, do they think we’ve forgotten disasters like Three-Mile Island and Chernobyl? There is still no way to take care of nuclear waste that will remain dangerous for 240,000 years.

But this isn’t stopping the nuclear industry from trying to convince Americans and Congress that we need more nuclear reactors here in the U.S. Right now, they’re lobbying Congress for increased funding to build more and expand current nuclear power facilities. This is an outrage! Your taxpayer dollars should be invested in renewable energy sources like wind and solar, NOT towards dangerous nuclear power.

Take action now before the nuclear industry puts us all in danger! Tell your Representative that you don’t want nuclear power and that they should put an end to nuclear subsidies and support renewable energy instead.

This is just outrageous! I'm writing my Representative right now.

Comments:

Permalink mark_sciencegeek [Member] on August 03, 2007 at 17:07
I must disagree with your position on nuclear energy. While I would not describe it as being green energy, I would say it is yellow energy (better then caol and oil burning but not as good a emission free energy). The US must take practical steps to curb our use of fossil fuels to create electricty. Nuclear energy has been used very successfully in Europe, particularly France which gets 80% of thier electricity from nuclear power plants without any Three Mile Island incidents. There is no reason why nuclear energy cannot safely help America reduce its fossil consuption and help reduce carbon emissions. Solar and wind technology is not developed enough yet for America to rely on for its energy needs. They are too expensive and do not yeild enough electricity. For the time being I think the most environmental friendly solution is increasing nuclear plants by 25% to 50% and to continue to invest in solar and wind research.
Permalink kev [Visitor] on November 04, 2007 at 04:04
Nuclear power is the only technology that reliably supplies electricity with a low environmental impact - you can locate it almost anywhere. Solar & wind work fine in some places, but given that we are in a race against time with global warming I'll take nuclear over coal, oil or doing nothing.

BTW, it's radioactive decay that keeps the earth's core warm, bury the waste deep enough and you'll never know it's there!

Kev.

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