Robert Scheer writes: "An important lesson that should be reinforced by the ongoing disaster in Japan is to worry more about the elimination of those nuclear weapons designed to explode, and another is to be concerned about the prospect of sabotage of nuclear power plants. This last is a reason to rely less on nuclear power in a world made volatile not only by natural disasters but through the concerted efforts of those who can fly airplanes into targets of their choice."
Medical personnel check a child for radiation exposure in Fukushima, Japan, 03/12/11. (photo: Asahi Shimbun/EPA)
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Solar potential has barely been tapped and technology is advancing daily. When you consider the total cost of fossil fuels and nuclear that includes massive subsidies, tax breaks, loan guarantees, exemptions and caps on liability, free land, and long term impact on environment from coal, oil and uranium extraction solar wins easily. You are quite right that it is ill-supported. As to the "profiteers" I don't know who that might be. For the most part solar industry is small businesses creating jobs in a very competitive marketplace dominated by large corporations who spend more on lobbyists than R&D to the tune of 10 times that spent by solar, wind, tidal, geo energy production combined.
"Our advice is to close down all nuclear fission reactors without delay. They are a major source of deadly pollution. Life on this planet would be utter misery were it not for the help of our space brothers who neutralize this pollution and render it harmless within karmic limits. Fleets of Their space ships, using implosion devices, do this on a daily basis."
- Share International magazine October 1994
It would do us much good to set aside our ridicule and disbelief and instead, with whatever level of plausibility you may be able to muster, give appreciation to the work our Space Brothers do. It may allow them to karmically clean up our mess than otherwise they would be allowed. Much better than not believing and having more die and suffer than would otherwise be the case.
How is that working out? Does this make refinement of renewable alternatives and conservation all that more imperative?
"plutonium-239, with a half-life of 24,100 years..." wikipedia
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