With what we are experiencing with the out-of-control oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the attached article highlights the fact that many of the Exxon Valdez impacted creatures are still not recovered from that long-ago spill. Beyond the surface damage from oil, the poisonous residue seeps into the sediment of rivers and lakes with contamination to fish, bird and mammal offspring...................Poisons being ingested into the wild creatures blood stream wrecks havoc on all animals including humans!
The Gulf generates 1/3 of our daily oil requirements................................2/3 of the oil our Country uses daily comes from Canada and abroad. Realistically for the forseable future, oil will have to be pumped from the Gulf regardless of outcrys from all of us in the environmental world. Obama and team will simply impose tighter safety regulations similar to what occurred with the West Virginia Coal Mine explosion several weeks ago.
As I have stated in a previous Post, I do not feel that 400 foot windmills strung across our Mountains, Prairies, Deserts and farmland is the optimal sustainable energy solution. That and industrial solar farms in their obtrusive way destroys miles of natural habitat and in essence establishes industrial zones in what is now open space.....................................Yes, Nuclear energy requires the smallest footprint.............delivers no CO2 and there is now ways to recycle and re-use the waste from this form of energy generation.
Do not be afraid of nuclear.........................yes, 3 mile island occurred many years ago.....................................i want the folks in Vermont to reconsider their stand against Vermont Yankee.....................do you really want several football field high windmills sweeping the Green Mtns????????????????????????
Time to get going as France has done. Over the past 40 years, The "Frogs" have converted to nuclear and now get 75% of their energy needs fulfilled by this technology......................Normally we do not mimic the French....................time to acknowledge their smart move into nuclear and join their bandwagon........................................
Everyone enjoy a good first week in May...........................dogwoods blooming East of the Mississippi.................................Western Sycamores nearly fully leafed in California!!!!!! :)
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I agree with you.
I'm in a group that recently evaluated a report on replacing Vermont Yankee with renewables. We reviewed that report in terms of cost and environmental impact.
The overview of our review is
http://www.coalitionforenergysolutions.org/vermont_energy_supply.html
And the pdf is
http://www.coalitionforenergysolutions.org/vt_elec_pwr_in_transitionpr.pdf
The "success" of the French nuclear industry is much exaggerated. Their nuclear waste reprocessing dumps contaminants in the ocean, and most of the radioactive waste cannot be reused. It's still dangerous waste that needs to be isolated from life for hundreds of thousands of years. The reactors themselves have been frequently shut over the last few years, due to leaks and lack of cooling water during summer droughts.
The Vermont Yankee reactor is old, poorly maintained, falling apart, and could not be built today because its design is antiquated and substandard. There's nowhere to put the waste, so it's stored on the banks of the Connecticut River in casks that will have to be replaced every 50-100 years, according to the manufacturer. Who will do that in the future?
Even if you like nuclear power, and think that someday a solution to the waste problem will be found (even 'tho, for the last two generations, there's been no successful solution), Entergy Nuclear's Vermont Yankee reactor is a poor candidate for continued operation. It was designed for forty years, and that expires in March 2012. It will shut down then, if it makes it that long.
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