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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
One thing I really can’t get my arms around is the Left’s siren call about how we need to conserve oil while developing alternative fuel sources.
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The thing I can't get my arms around is the call to develope alternative fuel sources yet obstinately refusing to allow the development of nuclear power. The cost-benefit by these folks is wacko. First off, nuclear power creates no pollution other than the nuclear waste (which is a significant problem). Of course, we have a solution for that waste, Yucca Mountain, but the enviros are trying to block that. Do they think it's better to leave the waste sitting at dozens of nuclear plants around the nation, where a) leaks would be much more likely to harm people because of proximity to population centers and b) terrorists could much more easily infiltrate to obtain some spent fuel? Outrageous.
Of course, not nearly as outrageous as the efforts to block windfarms in such places as the Cape Cod bay on the ground that a few birds might be killed by the rotors. How many birds are killed by the pollution created by the coal or gas-fired plant needed to supply the electricity instead?
The prius-drivers can suck it. BTW, you're not getting the gas mileage toyota advertises, so suck it again.
