peggy miller wrote:
Below is link showing Obama's support for nuclear energy. I was sorry
to see it stated so clearly, because I remain believing that we can
proceed without nuclear energy (unless it is developing cold fusion,
which he does not state in his speech), using wind, solar, geothermal,
hydrogen. I continue to see no reason this is not possible, and deeply
fear, having sat through countless hearings on Capitol Hill about the
I agree with Peggy's comment about "the inevitable error of human
management, and the inability to protect the toxics from leakage"
I would add that while piracy is (IMHO) indefensible, the Somali piracy
problem gathered much steam after the central government collapsed in
1991. The immediate results were predatory overfishing by foreign
nations on the Somali coastline and the dumping of radioactive waste by
European firms, which prompted fishermen to attempt to defend their
waters and prevent the collapse of their fisheries.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article418665.ece
http://abandonedheadlines.blogspot.com/2009/04/poor-coverage-of-somali-piracy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somali_piracy
-Nick
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