Comments on: Clean tech nuclear seduces White House http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/01/29/clean-tech-nuclear-seduces-white-house/ Global environmental challenges Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:56:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: theinfamoushw6 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/01/29/clean-tech-nuclear-seduces-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-344391 theinfamoushw6 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:11:53 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=16077#comment-344391 nuclear energy is considerably safer than rising sea levels. Pragmatism needs to overcome green zealotry on this though the development and consequent implementation of cost-efficient solar and wind technology is really the only way to get out of the cycle of using some technology until it comes back to bite us in the butt and should be the primary focus of future spending. nuclear energy is considerably safer than rising sea levels. Pragmatism needs to overcome green zealotry on this though the development and consequent implementation of cost-efficient solar and wind technology is really the only way to get out of the cycle of using some technology until it comes back to bite us in the butt and should be the primary focus of future spending.

]]> By: Anon86 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/01/29/clean-tech-nuclear-seduces-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-344382 Anon86 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:37:12 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=16077#comment-344382 America will turn to nuclear power in time. Once the oil shortages start, it will have no other choice. At least no practical ones. America will turn to nuclear power in time.

Once the oil shortages start, it will have no other choice. At least no practical ones.

]]> By: roughrider http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/01/29/clean-tech-nuclear-seduces-white-house/comment-page-1/#comment-344376 roughrider Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:12:10 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=16077#comment-344376 Nuclear Power is not safe....it may be nominally safe but so is the space shuttle. One major accident could leave an entire state uninhabitable for decades or even centuries. If France ever has a major reactor failure half of Europe may have to be evacuated! We can not even agree on how or where to store the atomic waste we have already generated, much less the waste from future nuclear plants. I also think NIMBY (not in my backyard) will be the major obstacle to any future construction. There should be no publicly backed loan guarantees for any nuclear power plants. Profit should never ever trump the safety of our nation and her people! Nuclear Power is not safe….it may be nominally safe but so is the space shuttle. One major accident could leave an entire state uninhabitable for decades or even centuries. If France ever has a major reactor failure half of Europe may have to be evacuated! We can not even agree on how or where to store the atomic waste we have already generated, much less the waste from future nuclear plants. I also think NIMBY (not in my backyard) will be the major obstacle to any future construction. There should be no publicly backed loan guarantees for any nuclear power plants. Profit should never ever trump the safety of our nation and her people!

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