Contrary to popular belief, nuclear power is not even safe in the aspect of global warming. To mine for all of that uranium needed to produce nuclear power, you are emitting carbon dioxide into the environment. Also, to complicate matters, nuclear power produces some rather dangerous nuclear waste that last for centuries, we still don't know what to do with it (besides shipping it off to another country), and the nuclear industry likes to transport this stuff under some very unsafe conditions (take a look at http://slc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4 73 to see an example of just how unsafe the transportation of nuclear waste tends to be).
And what if one of these nuclear powered space shuttles happens to explode while it's in the Earth's atmosphere? Talk about spreading carcinogenic materials on a global scale. And, of course, there's always the risk of creating more nuclear power plants, thus increasing the risk of a nuclear power plant accident.
There are other, cleaner sources of energy that need to be researched. Nuclear energy is not the answer.
One problem with this statement: Napster was founded in May of 1999. Despite the fact that the RIAA has been pulling a profit since 1997, how could a company that didn't exist sap money from the the RIAA when they weren't losing any money?
I downloaded Green Day's song "Minority" off Napster and decided that I really liked it, and that I would purchase it. Of course, the album was 16 bucks and I didn't have 16 bucks at the time, so I looked at the single for it instead. I couldn't find one Green Day "Minority" single that was not an import and under 10 bucks. I did manage to find the 7" vinyl single for $5, but paying $5 of vinyl with two songs on it is ridiculous. And I didn't even know that they made tape singles anymore.. Or tapes in general, for the the matter. Everytime I goto a music store, that used to be huge five years ago is buried someplace in the back and hardly advertised. I don't think you can blame Napster for a decline in tape sales when tapes aren't the medium of choice anymore, nor are they pushed by the record stores. And I don't think you can blame Napster for a decline in the sales of CD singles if they cost 10 bucks.
I'll wait until I find the fuckin thing used.
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Contrary to popular belief, nuclear power is not even safe in the aspect of global warming. To mine for all of that uranium needed to produce nuclear power, you are emitting carbon dioxide into the environment. Also, to complicate matters, nuclear power produces some rather dangerous nuclear waste that last for centuries, we still don't know what to do with it (besides shipping it off to another country), and the nuclear industry likes to transport this stuff under some very unsafe conditions (take a look at http://slc.indymedia.org/display.php3?article_id=4 73 to see an example of just how unsafe the transportation of nuclear waste tends to be).
And what if one of these nuclear powered space shuttles happens to explode while it's in the Earth's atmosphere? Talk about spreading carcinogenic materials on a global scale. And, of course, there's always the risk of creating more nuclear power plants, thus increasing the risk of a nuclear power plant accident.
There are other, cleaner sources of energy that need to be researched. Nuclear energy is not the answer.
One problem with this statement: Napster was founded in May of 1999. Despite the fact that the RIAA has been pulling a profit since 1997, how could a company that didn't exist sap money from the the RIAA when they weren't losing any money?
I downloaded Green Day's song "Minority" off Napster and decided that I really liked it, and that I would purchase it. Of course, the album was 16 bucks and I didn't have 16 bucks at the time, so I looked at the single for it instead. I couldn't find one Green Day "Minority" single that was not an import and under 10 bucks. I did manage to find the 7" vinyl single for $5, but paying $5 of vinyl with two songs on it is ridiculous. And I didn't even know that they made tape singles anymore.. Or tapes in general, for the the matter. Everytime I goto a music store, that used to be huge five years ago is buried someplace in the back and hardly advertised. I don't think you can blame Napster for a decline in tape sales when tapes aren't the medium of choice anymore, nor are they pushed by the record stores. And I don't think you can blame Napster for a decline in the sales of CD singles if they cost 10 bucks. I'll wait until I find the fuckin thing used.