"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
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"BobR" wrote in message
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On the other hand, your nuclear power plant us
generating polution that will last thousands of years and we have yet
to come up with an effective means of dealing with it.

I'm sorry, but that is just wrong. The "waste problem" is the mantra
the anti-nukes fall back on when they run out of logical arguments. From
a science and engineering standpoint, the "problem" of nuclear storage has
been solved for decades, the remaining problems are 99% political. Not
the least of political problems is the crazy policy that we should not
recycle our nuclear fuel modules. Recycling would greatly reduce the
volume of the radioactive waste and recover an amazing amount of fuel for
reuse.

Also, remember that fossil power plants have their own waste storage
problem; they are spewing megatons of gasses and chemicals into our
atmosphere that will last for thousands of years, and we have yet to come
up with an effective means of dealing with it...

Vaughn
Exactly true, Vaughn. Spent fuel management is an opportunity not a
'problem'.

I wish I could remember who said that the 'greenies' were political
"watermelons" - i.e. green on the outside and red on the inside. They just
want to stop or slow progress in the capitalist system so the socialists can
catch up. Opposing nukes is just one of their strategies.

Nuclear power is the best and quickest solution available and the least
disruptive of the environment. Even wind and solar are more disruptive. If
the US produced 80% of it's energy from nuclear like France does, we could
get all the oil we need from North America.

BTW did anybody see the report from Germany where researchers had reviewed
the health effect of all radioactive releases since 1945 and found that the
hazards had been overstated by at least 100 times and maybe 1000 times the
actual effects?

Finally, airplanes will need petroleum based fuels for the foreseable
future. To keep the price of avgas and Jet-A down it would help if
everybody else used electricity from nukes.

Bill Daniels