Family friendly nukes
In his weekly column, Deseret Morning News editor Joe Cannon comes out for nuclear energy and against coal. (No, I'm not goofing on you.)Exploring energy conservation and alternatives is OK, the DNews editor opines, but that won't meet the nation's needs. (Especially, if we want to continue spawning the large DNews-sized families Cannon has supported in earlier editorials.)
We must not, and should not, opt for more coal-fired generation. ... it is clear that nuclear power is much more benign to our health and the planet's health.To give credibility to his opinions, Joe recounts his long background in the energy field as an EPA administrator, CEO of the failed and obliterated Geneva Steel and a lawyer. I guess because he's modest, Joe doesn't include his experience as a lobbyist, Republican Party hack, and brother to Congressman Chris Cannon, who regularly scoffs at the global warming threat.
We are running out of time. And by not choosing to aggressively build nuclear power plants, we are deciding either to embrace a high-cost, economy-debilitating and less-reliable energy future or we will default to what we know best, coal-fired power plants.
4 Comments:
I wonder how many coal run energy plants it would take to equal chernobyl.
Were you planning to address the facts Cannon outlines regarding anticipated energy demand, or did you just want to go after him personally? I hate the idea of nuclear power, and am not a big fan of Cannon, but the issue demands more serious consideration than you gave it.
I love how nuclear energy has some how morphed into a source of "green energy"!?! It seems like over night nuclear energy is being promoted as the cure to all of our environmental issues and our dependancy on foreign oil.
don bowman from columbus ohio says
nuclear will probably kill some of us,but unchecked carbon from coal will eventually kills us all.
As Mr. Spock of Star Trek said:
"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few "
The saddest part is that we have to decide at all...but we must.
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