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McCain Backs Nuclear Power
bagsc writes "Senator John McCain set out another branch of his energy policy agenda today, with a key point: 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030." So it finally appears that this discussion is back on the table. I'm curious how Nevada feels about this, as well as the Obama campaign. All it took was $4/gallon gas I guess. When it hits $5, I figure one of the campaigns will start to promote Perpetual Motion.
...to start reversing the DEPLORABLE conditions started by Jimmy "I'm a fucking moron" Carter.
You know - the guy who thought that if the US didn't RECYCLE nuclear waste back into fuel (which would SOLVE the "nuclear waste storage" issue) it would be an "example" to tin-pot dictatorships and insane genocidal religious nations like North Korea and Iran and they wouldn't try to get nuclear weapons.
The guy who coddled so-called "environmentalists" to the point where we haven't built SAFE, CLEAN electrical power generation anywhere because nobody can get past the permits process and NIMBY enviro-wacko whining.
Think about it - even the founder of Greenpeace (who long ago left the organization when it became obvious the commies and inmates were running the asylum and not interested in real, rational discussion) says we need nuclear energy because so-called "renewable" sources are inherently (a) unreliable and (b) limited in the scope of what we can do with them.
no contest. see you on the other side of it? the lights are coming up all over now. conspiracy theorists are being vindicated. some might choose a tin umbrella to go with their hats. the fairytail is winding down now. let your conscience be yOUR guide. you can be more helpful than you might have imagined. there are still some choices. if they do not suit you, consider the likely results of continuing to follow the corepirate nazi hypenosys story LIEn, whereas anything of relevance is replaced almost instantly with pr ?firm? scriptdead mindphuking propaganda or 'celebrity' trivia 'foam'. meanwhile; don't forget to get a little more oxygen on yOUR brain, & look up in the sky from time to time, starting early in the day. there's lots going on up there.
http://news.google.com/?ncl=1216734813&hl=en&topic=n
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=c4b5414371631707&ei=5087%0A
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/world/29amnesty.html?hp
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/02/nasa.global.warming.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/05/severe.weather.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/02/honore.preparedness/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/opinion/01dowd.html?em&ex=1212638400&en=744b7cebc86723e5&ei=5087%0A
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/05/senate.iraq/index.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/washington/17contractor.html?hp
is it time to get real yet? A LOT of energy is being squandered in attempts to keep US in the dark. in the end (give or take a few 1000 years), the creators will prevail (world without end, etc...), as it has always been. the process of gaining yOUR release from the current hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in. for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it? we're intending for the whoreabully deceptive (they'll do ANYTHING for a bit more monIE/power) felons to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather', as well as a # of other things/events.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=weather+manipulation&btnG=Search
http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying
dictator style micro management has never worked (for very long). it's an illness. tie that with life0cidal aggression & softwar gangster style bullying, & what do we have? a greed/fear/ego based recipe for disaster. meanwhile, you can help to stop the bleeding (loss of life & limb);
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/28/vermont.banning.bush.ap/index.html
the bleeding must be stopped before any healing can begin. jailing a couple of corepirate nazi hired goons would send a clear message to the rest of the world from US. any truthful look at the 'scorecard' would reveal that we are a society in decline/deep doo-doo, despite all of the scriptdead pr ?firm? generated drum beating & flag waving propaganda that we are constantly bombarded with. is it time to get real yet? please consider carefully ALL of yOUR other 'options'. the creators will prevail. as it has always been.
corepirate nazi execrable costs outweigh benefits
(Score:-)mynuts won, the king is a fink)
by ourselves on everyday 24/7
as there are no benefits, just more&more death/debt & disruption. fortunately there's an 'army' of light bringers, coming yOUR way. the little ones/innocents must/will be protected. after the big flash, ALL of yOUR imaginary 'borders' may blur a bit? for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available. 'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet, & by your be
Hey jackass, where are you going to store all the nuclear waster? In your backyard? Let's sing you up. Do some research. The US cannot drill it's way out of high oil and gas prices. We produce 3% of the worlds oil and consume 24%. Do the math. We do not have the oil reserves. The Feds have constantly be handing out oil permits to the oil companies to drill on Federal lands. There are approximately 68 million acres of land that is licensed for drilling but the oil companies have not drilled on! There are over 7,000 permits for drilling today and yet no more drilling. You might want to ask big oil why they aren't drilling on the land available to them today but keep saying they need more permits. Jackass.
I'm in the UK and pay £1.35/litre for diesel
That's $11.97/gallon
The US don't know they've got it made.
My NHS mileage allowance only just covers work fuel bills (forget wear and tear, business class insurance, etc. and I only bought the car coz it's need for work). At the current rate of increase in diesel prices I'll be subsidising the NHS in under 8 weeks. And I'm not the only one!
Calling it silly paranoia does not make it so. It's not paranoia, it's justifiable fear. For instance, had 9/11 attackers decided to concentrate on the holding areas of nuclear power stations, a good chunk of the eastern US could have been made uninhabitable for the next 5000 years. When I hear people say "trust me, all those things that went or nearly wrong in the past can never go wrong in the future" it doesn't give me a warm glow anything like as profound as that caused by nuclear waste.
http://rareformnewmedia.com/
What 9/11 attackers? Do you really believe all that crap about dangerous terrorists?
I expect McCain to revive ideas that looked great in the 20th Century, including those that failed so badly. Especially those that lied their way into being funded for BIG BIG bucks, especially where the Federal government spent $BILLIONS in taxes subsidizing and "securing". it, but then had to admit that the payback and security risks were much worse, but only after we were stuck with them, and had to live with their consequences instead of doing the right thing in the first place.
Invading Iraq, nuke power - what's the difference, to John McCain? He doesn't have to live in the real future for very long. Just on an airconditioned bus, where relativity warps spacetime so much that to himself, McCain's talk is "straight".
The good news is that McCain will probably drag policies renuking America down with him as he turns to lead before our eyes this Fall.
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Well if enjoying s feeling of superiority is more important than winning the argument... great move!
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Another voter in the la la land for change. There is no solution on Obama's mind is there? Oh wait, I forgot that we have change. A change for the future, because the future is ahead of us... For a brighter future, full of change. /roll eyes/
Name one reason why increasing supply while removing reliance on foreign sources won't solve the price? Have you taken economics? Meanwhile, I'd like to see us move entirely away from coal burning power sources and to something far more efficient like nuclear. It will be a great power source until something better comes along. Unless, of course, Obama simply wants to raise taxes on a select few companies. Yeah, windfall taxes are a great solution.
Where's my sock? There it is...
It's a perpetual myth that energy costs are rising because of lack of energy, when in fact energy costs are rising because the Dollar is being massively devalued on domestic and international markets.
This is what happens when you have a fiat currency that's backed by nothing, and created out of debt. Every time the market "corrects" it leads to runaway inflation and rising costs because the dollar loses value as more and more worthless money gets pumped into the market to bail out near insolvent corporations and banks after the recent sub-prime scandal.
Don't blame lack of abundant energy, blame this fiasco of an economy run by a sadistic elitist banking cartel (the Federal Reserve) that has placed the American people and much of the world into a neo-serfdom.
I would welcome having a nuclear plant in my neighborhood or, if my property were a few dozen acres bigger to accomodate it, even in my back yard.
... say lightning ... to the number of deaths related to radiation at nuclear plants *EVER*. According to here (http://www-das.uwyo.edu/~geerts/cwx/notes/chap03/nat_hazard.html) an average of 2000 people die per year due to lightning. Cherynobl? 57.
Radiation is essentially zero, safety is as great, and potential fringe benefits (could easily provide municipal steam/heat to a moderate community) make it an easy choice.
Let's compare the people killed *per year* by
And it only cost 300,000+ people being permanently resettled elsewhere with millions more living in slightly elevated radiation zones. Food and livestock in areas of the UK, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania and (don't forget!) Poland have restrictions because of contamination. This is 20 years after the disaster! Lets put one in your backyard!
Here come da fudge!
This is a pretty clumsy attempt at a partisan attack. For one thing the text itself points out that half the Dems were in support of the reactor. For another, the Democrats controlled both House and Senate between 1992-94, so it's not surprising that's who's featured in the coverage of that time.
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