I, for one, am fearful of the use of nuclear energy until we devise a safe way of treating the waste from it.
no no no, thinking like that might lead to thoughts of conservation or investments in alternative energy, neither of which concepts is allowed at FR.
I agree
If we can only find a mountain out west that's isolated like in Nevada or somewhere, where we could safely bury the waste I would be all on board
We are using nuclear power right now, as a matter of fact, so are you terrified out of your mind right now? or just a little concerned?
Well, I shouldn't mock. Nuclear waste is a serious concern, no doubt. But when does concern become hysterical rhetoric? We have examined Yucca Flats for decades, and when Bush says, OK, let's proceed, the howling commences. It's just not an issue that's being rationally debated.
Every form of popular media, starting with The Simpsons, presents us with the foregone conclusion that it's completely insane to even consider using nuclear energy ( even though we use more than France - or at least we did. ) It is rhetoric, not logic that holds sway.
"I, for one, am fearful of the use of nuclear energy until we devise a safe way of treating the waste from it."
So, you would rather have coal plants pump radiactive material into the air rather than bury reactor waste at Yucca Mountain? It is the ill educated like you that drive me nuts.