Dave wrote:
D Peter Maus wrote:

"Nuclear" has been a dirty word since the movie 'The China
Syndrome,' a film often pointed to as a reference in debates where
nuclear plants were to be constructed. As a population, most of what
is 'understood' about nuclear energy production comes from that film.

Three Mile Island was the horror it was BECAUSE of the The China
Syndrome, when in fact, though a meltdown had occurred--some 8 feet of
reactor core was lost--the systems did precisely what they were
supposed to do, and shut the reactor down.

Odd, no one ever talks about THAT.

The problem is not the ignorant 'drill happy' folks.

The problem is the ignorant uneducated folks attempting to create a
panic based on short sight, and snapshot focus on a very narrow
picture of global events. And an overall suppression of understanding
of energy production by so-called professionals in education.


Nuclear plants need lots of water. Many installed nukes are running on
low power now due to water shortage.


There is no water shortage. Record snows last year, record rains this
spring, and the wettest summer in 50 years have rivers overunning their
banks. Lakes over their piers, and even tributaries with white water for
the first time in a century.

Nuclear plants are built on the shores of rivers, lakes and other
bodies of water. They're not running at half power due to low water.

The hard reality is that most of them have been shut down by the
ignorant demands of an uninformed public.

I'm about a 3 wood in any direction from a nuclear power plant. Three
are shut down. One was built and certified, but never started.



We need to consume less and not allow the rest of the world to become
the oinkers that we already are. A few years of economic depression
will do wonders for speeding that along.


Well, aren't we the very soul of arrogance.

You don't get to make that call.