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In reply to the discussion: All nuclear plants should be shut down, IMHO. [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)77. Not until we can faze them out for non-fossil fuel plants.
First because they are dangerous.
So are coal and natural gas plants. However, their danger comes in two flavors:
1) It creeps up slowly by adding greenhouse gasses to our atmosphere
2) the danger is far from the plant where they are fracking the natural gas for the plant.
Even if we have to go back to coal temporarily it would be better in the long run
Because damaging the entire planet is much better than the whopping 2 danger zones in the entire history of nuclear power.
(Also ignoring all the other shit that comes out of a conventional power plant's smokestack)
If you are against coal, then you should worry more about how much we are shipping to China for them to burn. It's the same atmosphere if we burn it or they burn it.
Yep, I'd rather they set up nukes.
Germany is doing great without nuclear. Their solar is producing the equivalent power of dozens of nuclear plants.
Except they didn't just switch from nuke to solar. They switched from nuke to solar....and fossil fuels.
I'm not saying we shouldn't work towards that goal. But we reach that goal by first making the nuclear plants obsolete, then shutting them down. If we shut them down before then, it is far more likely that the nuke will be replaced with a fossil fuel plant.
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I edited my post because all plants should be shut down, not just in the US.
darkangel218
Oct 2013
#4
Nah, it's pretty easy. Just crank up all the old coal plants that have been shut down
jeff47
Oct 2013
#20
Wind and solar are not the only virtually clean energy sources we have. I'm sure you
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#65
We need to start fazing out the old nuclear plants. First because they are dangerous.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#57
First of all it takes a tremendous amount of energy to build a nuclear power plant.
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#81
The difference in our opinions is you are focused on the spectacular local damage.
jeff47
Oct 2013
#82
You still haven't managed to deal with "night", yet you call others morons? (nt)
jeff47
Oct 2013
#78
The problem with Fukushima was that when the primary power failed, they were to
rhett o rick
Oct 2013
#55
Dont forget...the generators were in the basement floor...whole lotta stupid going on.
Drew Richards
Oct 2013
#68
"1st auction of solar rights on public lands in Colorado draws no bids"...
PoliticAverse
Oct 2013
#74