Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
Interesting thread. I started it wanting to see a good discussion and see where everyone sat on Nuclear power.
I find it hilarious the Germans, Austrians and Swiss are so anti nuke, they are cutting out any references to the nuke plant in "Springfield" on the Simpsons. I mean, talk about government being too far into people's LIVES. I guess they figure the genie will fit back in the bottle. The thing is, Electrical demand in Europe will spike if the electric car ever does get off the ground ( I personally think it is a toy, Hydrogen is the way I think the world should go); or Hydrogen cars. Either way, that, and a growing population (through Immigration in reality) will dictate more power plants, and many in Europe are using their fear of the unknown to justify killing off any attempt at nuclear power.
Thank god wiser minds will prevail over here. As I sit, two more units will be built less than 10 miles from me. The Greenpeace wackos were arrested at the Enviromental assessment and public meetings last week protesting this project. I just don't get it. If you want more power in a northern climate where sun isn't that strong most of the year, then you have to give up on solar, and wind also as it has a lot of detractors ( I would say in Ontario, more people hate Wind than the nuclear power plant) and go with Nuclear.
Interesting....Japan hasn't changed too many rational minds, just the minds of a few who cant shake the idea of all those horrible images of radiation poisoning from those who survived the A bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Peaceful use of nuclear fission in the form of a modern well designed reactor may be the safest form of producing power and most carbon friendly we have left once the rivers are dammed up....
