->>  RW> but the big fascists who really have a lot to gain like a dumbed   
   ->>  RW> down populace.   
      
   ->> WC> Yup.   
   ->> WC> Ionizing radiation is now good for you!   
   ->> WC> MSNBC part owned by G.E. really downplayed the very real threat   
   ->> WC> there.   
      
    Don't worry, soon all the media will be owned by one corporation   
    and we will all hear all the same reports all the time.   
      
    WC> A recent comprehensive Stanford University study has   
    WC> revealed that current alternate energy technology along   
    WC> with increases in efficiency and conservation could lead   
    WC> the U.S. to cost competitive green energy in between 20 -   
    WC> 40 years.   
      
    IOW, well worth working for, but not a current practical answer.   
      
    WC> Assuming the political will to go in that direction were   
    WC> there. Nuclear is quite simply the most expensive form of   
    WC> energy there is and could not even be considered if the   
    WC> costs of the wastes and liability were taken into   
    WC> consideration.   
      
    WC> The insurance liability has been shifted to the taxpayer   
    WC> in the form of the The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries   
    WC> Indemnity Act.   
      
    I have long wondered, if Nuclear power is so safe why to they   
    need limits on liability?   
      
    WC> That said I give grudging and limited support to LFTR or   
    WC> floride molten salt reactors as they are inherently fail   
    WC> safe and simply turn off if the outside power and safety   
    WC> systems go out. If one overheats a frozen plug melts, the   
    WC> fuel drains out and it turns itself off.   
      
    I would like to see some research and development on some   
    different versions.   
      
    ...   
      
    WC> Still of concern is locating them in a geologically stable   
    WC> area as well as an area safe from tsunami.   
      
   ->> WE're gonna need nukes, like it or not to get through the   
   ->> next few decades until we figure out the lower carbon   
   ->> footprint thing.   
      
    WC> I was of that opinion until quite recently and if it will   
    WC> prevent foreign policy conflict overseas I'm for it.   
      
    Conservation is still the best first step, but the rest does   
    need to come down the pike.   
      
    WC> However I firmly believe what is holding up even friendlier   
    WC> forms of alternative energies are vested corporate   
    WC> interests intent upon squeezing every last petrodollar out   
    WC> of the hands of the American people at the expense in blood   
    WC> to our servicemen and service woman. See the tagline.   
      
    I don't give them credit for being that good as to get away with   
    that.   
      
    ...   
      
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