nucular plants in yer backyard

[Guest guest]

of course..besides that pesky waste problem, and ever imminent chance of

meltdown and silly stuff like that..there's that little fact that its takes a

ton of energy to just build a nuclear reactor, then dig up and process the

uranium..adding scads of pollution and greenhouse gases in the process

but..shhhhhhhh

 

Bush pushes nuclear power at home and abroad

 

President Bush has embraced nuclear power with a vengeance (on us?). On a tour

of a nucular ... er, nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania yesterday, Bush called

for the construction of new nuke plants to help curb greenhouse-gas emissions.

" Let's quit the debate about whether greenhouse gases are caused by mankind or

by natural causes; let's just focus on technologies that deal with the issue, "

he said. Thanks to a new raft of nuke subsidies Bush signed into law last year,

16 companies have expressed interest in building new plants, though none has

submitted a formal application. Exelon Corp.'s president has said his company

has " no intention " of building a new nuke plant until there's a solution to the

problem of where to put nuclear waste. What a fuddy-duddy! Also yesterday, Bush

signed on to a treaty with the European Union, Russia, Japan, India, China, and

South Korea to spend $5.9 billion attempting to build the world's first nuclear

fusion reactor in France. Fusion technology has never succeeded, but like

victory in Iraq, it's always been just around the corner.

 

 

straight to the source: The Washington Post, Peter Baker and Steven Mufson, 25

May 2006

 

 

straight to the source: The New York Times, Jim Rutenberg, 25 May 2006

 

 

straight to the source: Los Angeles Times, James Gerstenzang, 25 May 2006

 

 

straight to the source: International Herald Tribune, Bloomberg News Service, 24

May 2006

 

 

straight to the source: BBC News, 24 May 2006

 

What's gonna happen when the buses don't run

and what's gonna happen when the, winter comes

what are you gonna do,

what are you gonna do

when the oil runs out?

[Guest guest]

Hi Fraggle

 

> of course..besides that pesky waste problem, and ever imminent chance of

meltdown and silly stuff like that..there's that little fact that its takes

a ton of energy to just build a nuclear reactor, then dig up and process the

uranium..adding scads of pollution and greenhouse gases in the process

> but..shhhhhhhh

 

One politician in the UK (I forget which one) recently made the very

inciteful comment that (and I paraphrase) " if nuclear power is really as

economically good as Tony Blair makes out, then why is no commercial company

prepared to invest in it "

 

BB

Peter