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Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180
palegray.net writes "Wired is running a story on how Gwyneth Cravens, a former nuclear power protester has changed her views on nuclear power as a viable solution to the world's energy needs. Said Cravens: 'I used to think we surely could do better. We could have more wind farms and solar. But I then learned about base-load energy, and that there are three forms of it: fossil fuels, hydro and nuclear. In the United States, we're maxed out on hydro. That leaves fossil fuels and nuclear power, and most of the fossil fuel burned is coal.'"
What pollutes more, a continuous train of burning coal or a hundred pounds of isotopes? Now before you all start bitching about disposal of nuclear material why not just load it into a rocket and point it towards the sun?
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Freakin' ridiculous. She claims that about 60 people died from Chernobyl. She does not mention the dead city, and the thousands of people who died from cancers in surrounding areas. She has exactly zero credibility.
She also doesn't mention the huge cost per MWh of nuke, and ignores methods (that do really exist!) for "green" replacement of baseload.
You're right though, she is a StupidPerson. "Stupid person changes sides, now ignorantly advocates for something she does not understand" would be a better headline.
-Daniel
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Spell it with me people: S-O-L-A-R It comes down to this: - a roof has a large surface area - sun ain't going to burn out any time soon - solar panels can't be made into bombs I don't understand why we are still arguing about this. Fuck nuclear. Oh, yeah, great "all we have to worry about is this extremely toxic waste... but that's not a problem because all we have to do is store it safely! it'll never get into the water supply! we'll always have room to store it! people will never make bombs out of it. there'll never be another hiroshima/nagasaki/chernobyl" Seriously, has the world gone stupid or something? Ok, MORE stupid. How on earth can you people convince yourself that nuclear waste is acceptable? What is wrong with you? Waste arguments aside... why the hell are we, as a civilization, pursuing nuclear technology, given nuclear annihilation is probably the #1 most likely reason we will become extinct?
"the wind is always blowing somewhere" Indeed, usually from the White House, the Pentagon and CIA.
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You sound like the people who say the only reason marijuana is illegal is because anyone can grow it. Do you have some weird vision of everyone building themselves a hydro plant or manufacturing their own solar cells? Let's not be too retarded here, please.
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