This is one of the few things the Republicans did that I agree with. We, as nation, are thirsty for energy like I am thirsty for cock. Nuclear power is, like it or not, the only energy source that'll get us through next century or two, until we finally get fusion worked out and have cheap, inexhaustible energy that'll be able to match our growth and demands.
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Anklebiter fucked around with this message on 04-11-2006 at 12:22 PM.
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Bloodsage's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
It really bugs me that people always mention Three Mile Island in the same context as Chernobyl. There was very little radiation released, and zero contamination.
Yes, but this is one of the most sensible articles I've seen about Nuclear power yet. Even the citizens of these towns understand the positive economic impact this will have on them.
I only hope they can quickly squash those "environmental defense" organizations who will undoubtably opposed them.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
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Anakha wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Well, we are damned to ruin the enviornment anyway, either we can do it cheaply with nuclear power, or we can do it expensively with coal and oil.Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
How does Nuclear power ruin the environment?
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Anakha still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
Nuclear waste.
There's more uranium spewed into the atmosphere by burning coal each year than there is nuclear waste on the entire planet. Nuclear waste also the benefit of being containable.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Over the mountain, in between the ups and downs, I ran into Anakha who doth quote:
oh, im well aware how nuclear waste is, i was just brining up the arguement the "enviornmentalists" would bring up.
The blind and ignorant argument, you mean.
It's less harmful to the environment than conventional methods.
It's now rather low-risk.
It's simply damned efficient.
The only reason I could see is the lingering fear of nuclear power from its earlier days.
We've just started selling it to China of all places, why can't we use it here? It's just so much cleaner than that filthy brown coal.
Disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I love all living things.
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