One is the death penalty: I'm ag'in it.
Another is nuclear power plants: I'm ag'in 'em also.
(Maybe there's a connection between the two.) To me they're unsafe and are disasters waiting to happen. Either fission technology must become much safer or fusion technology, a clean form of nuclear power, needs an operational breakthrough to be made operationally available.
I'm a conservative that parts ways with certain persuasions thought to be held generally by conservatives.
One is the death penalty: I'm ag'in it.
Another is nuclear power plants: I'm ag'in 'em also.
(Maybe there's a connection between the two.) To me they're unsafe and are disasters waiting to happen. Either fission technology must become much safer or fusion technology, a clean form of nuclear power, needs a technological breakthrough to be made operationally available.
Sorry Jim, still doesn’t make any sense the 2nd time around.
I live 20 miles form a nuke plant and my only regret is there aren’t more of them. Remember the last nuke plant in the US was built in 1977 (thanks, Jane Fonda) and was designed before the microprocessor was invented. Compare the technology in an AMC Gremilin vs a new BMW and you’ll see all the technology is there, and has been for years.
What is lacking is the political leadership to make safe, clean, and efficient nuclear power the mainstay of our energy portfolio.
Had we put anywhere near as much emphasis on nuclear as has been put on ethanol, wind, solar, biofuels and the rest, we would be energy self-sufficient for power at half the cost. Unless the world is willing to accept a population crash and revert to campfires and oil lamps. And I’m ag’in that.
Pretty much anything humans build is a “disaster waiting to happen”. Buildings collapse, bridges collapse, wiring shorts out and starts fires, and on and on and on. Given that Japan experienced a 9.1 earthquake I’d say the engineering held pretty well. If you had asked the “experts” the day before the quake what would happen if those reactors were in the epicenter of a 9.1 quake I bet they all would have predicted uncontainable disaster. So far at least, the problem is pretty much under control.
As with most people “ag’in” something, you offer no alternative. So, what is your idea for producing the energy we need?
hopefully there will be information gained from this emergency to enhance the safety of nuclear reactors