tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post5067645428680093695..comments2023-10-19T04:46:10.308-05:00Comments on Griper Blade: Nuclear Power, a Guaranteed Money-LoserWiscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12013881728915462943noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25168606.post-7541504989501541802009-03-05T14:17:00.000-06:002009-03-05T14:17:00.000-06:00The nuclear power industry advocates remind me of ...The nuclear power industry advocates remind me of lobbyists for the tobacco companies. <BR/><BR/>"<I>Cheap, clean, and abundant!</I>"<BR/><BR/>4 out of 5 doctors prefer the smooth, bold taste of <I>Camels</I>!<BR/><BR/>These morons, yes morons, would have us believe that nuclear power should carry the bulk of our energy needs.<BR/><BR/>Wrong!<BR/><BR/>Nuclear power plants are extremely hazardous to the environment and pose a tremendous health risk to mankind. They leak--- low level amounts of tritium(radioactive isotope)into ground soil and drinking water--- as is/was the case in Illinois(Braidwood, Byron, and Dresden)and several other plants around the country.<BR/><BR/>Companies like Exelon, were fined and sued for failing to alert the public of such contamination after <I>years</I> of covering up. <BR/><BR/>There is no such thing as "safe storage" of nuclear waste. More nuclear power plants means more waste and greater chance of security breach.<BR/><BR/>More nuclear power plants means more mining for Uranium--- a very finite resource.<BR/><BR/>Why would anyone think that a finite resource is the longterm answer to our needs?<BR/><BR/>Morons and profit-driven masochists.<BR/><BR/>Old nuclear power plants that have been "retired," or become non-operational, cost <I>billions</I> to "clean up," leaving traces of radioactive contamination behind for hundreds of years, at the very least.<BR/><BR/>There is no such thing as a safe amount, or harmless amount, of radioactive exposure.<BR/><BR/>Now take into account that you can't just pop-out power plants in short time(20-30 years)and the estimated costs to taxpayers as Wisco has explained here, and what you've got is a recipe for economic and ennvironmental disaster. <BR/><BR/>I don't trust advocates for nuclear power. They're dangerous, maybe even crazy, liars who try to sugar coat the risks the same way, if not worse, than tobacco lobbyists and industry insiders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com