Comments on: McCain’s Dimwitted Energy Plan

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By: Zeke

Zeke — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:12:39 +0000

I think nuclear energy is relatively safe, but humans do make mistakes, plus your 2nd paragraph (my primary concern). It also has foreign poli drawbacks (”we can play, you can’t”), and the (again small) possibility for terrorism.

As the article points out, McCain’s pledge (if even possible) would only tread water re: how much energy we gain from nuclear. Considering the drawbacks, I think it makes sense to focus our time on alternatives. (no… not “clean” coal.)

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:04:11 +0000

Remind me how many people died in the “three mile island disaster”, you know that “huge incident” three decades ago. Shit we have had one major non-lethal fuck up in our country’s 50 year history of using nuclear power, that McCain is a madman to even be thinking about the stuff.

You raise a good point about the storage though, you know they bury that stuff in mountain in the middle of the Nevada desert. Why what if it were to seep into the abundant local water supply and 20 years later potentially give cancer to all those people living out there. It would be the greatest environmental disaster since this one time when I took a shit in the woods after eating a lot of hot sauce.

You have a good point though mentioning that it is cost prohibitive to build a nuclear power plant especially when compared to other energy sources without harmful emissions such as solar and wind which are just as efficient and reliable… erm, wait… Then of course there is all the red tape involved in getting a nuclear power plant started, especially with all of the environmental groups filing lawsuit after lawsuit to keep those coal plants in business. Oh my God, I just realized, the majority of our country’s energy still comes from global warming contributing plants because of ignorant sue-happy buttfuckers such as yourself… ain’t that a bitch?

I’ve missed you Zeke.