California power ... unplugged.

Sun Apr 29 18:19:54 UTC 2001

On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Roger Marquis wrote:
> No question nuclear is clean but only if you carefully ignore
> the danger of depleted uranium.  But I digress, that's a problem
> for future generations (if we're lucky).

Here is this wacky view point again... nuclear power plants don't
manufacture uranium.  It's not like the uranium used didn't exist before
it was mined.  Would you consider building a housing track in the middle
of a yellow cake uranium mineral deposit environmentally safe because it
is naturally occurring?

This is the "naturally occurring must be good" falacy.  Take radon gas for
example, though I digress...

Point is, either way future generations will have the same amount of
uranium or less.

I've allways found it hypocritical how antinuclear people support coal
burning power plants that release more material into the air than nuclear
power plants output.  I find it an interesting example of human social
studies.

This being considered, I've been wondering about whether Internet industry
lobbying organizations like CIX or the CISPA should have a energy policy.
My cynical side says that economic darwinism will ensure that people that
don't have an energy policy will end up in businesses that don't rely on
power.  i.e. You don't like power plants?  Don't worry, in a little more
time you won't have to worry about a job that depends as much on
electricity.  California has allways had a large amount of fruit picking
jobs.  ;)

Heh, when the availability and price of electricity start affecting
decisions involving your operations, you are being an ostritch if you
don't atleast examine the possible solutions and develop and opinion.

Mike. :)

> 
> Roger
> 
> > Sorry, but nukes are clean and safe. Sure people have died from nukes,
> > but millions have died from producing coal for plants. Why do we build
> > coal plants and not nukes? Because people don't care if OTHERS die, if
> > 100,000 people a year die from digging coal they are not in your
> > community, that is better then the risk to THEM however small.
> 
> 

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