[EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Yucca Mountain and the Twins
Re: Funding the Twins. The concept that it is worth spending this money is unconvincing with out providing actual data. Yes, when there is a game more people are going to come to downtown and spend money, but how much compared to how much we spent? Also, are there other ways that we can use those funds that would benefit the city more? I'd guess there would be, especially because games only happen every so often. Additionally, I'd imagine that the city incurs a lot of costs during games - all those police to take care of stuff, additional trash clean up, etc. How does that compare to the additional tax income that is brought in during the game time. If it is going to be so great for downtown businesses, why haven't the downtown businesses gotten together and ponied up the dough? If they don't want to, I certainly don't. It is sadly ironic to read about this and the cutting of funds to our park system at the same time. Do we really want to provide a space for 18 guys to play a game while we degrading the spaces where all of our citizens (and out of town guests) can enjoy themselves? Personally, I'm a lot more interested in the idea of watching a bunch of friends play a game of ball than a bunch of millionares. Heck, I might join my friends on the field - will the twins let me do that? Re: Yucca Mountain > Just time enough to comment on Eric's latest post, > wherein he intimates that Xcel should pay for Nuke > Waste storage rather than the taxpayers. > > Eric, where do you buy your electricity? The > "taxpayer" and the "consumer" are the same person. Three differences: - Any money coming from state or federal coffers is coming from people who do not choose, use, or profit from nuclear power. They shouldn't have to subsidize the power costs for the rest of us. - The difference is perceptual: "I pay my taxes and some of it has been allocated to this project" versus "holy cow, why are my power bills so high, is there a cheaper option?" - As a "taxpayer" I'm forced to pay an even split of the costs. As a "consumer" I can choose to reduce the amount of electricity I use if I want to lower my financial burden. Yep, you're right, we are going to pay for this one way or another, but I don't like Xcel making money while they are dumping the costs of what they did on other people and I don't like hidden or obscured costs. Let me (and all other consumers) know exactly what this is truly costing so I can make educated decisions. And if Xcel goes broke because they made a poor decision, fine - hopefully whatever competitor takes their place will do better. There have been comments regarding that the Monticello and Prairie Island plants are our cheapest power option. Let's get all the costs up front and see if it is or not. In any case, lets not subsidize Xcel's profits! As far as I'm concerned, Xcel has managed a bigger scam here than Enron did and the people that are getting screwed aren't the shareholders, but all taxpayers. Regarding current shipping of nuclear waste, from what I could tell, new fuel rods are currently shipped from either the east coast or the state of Washington and have been for a long time. Low level radioactive waste is also currently shipped to one of three sites. Most hospital waste is pretty much the lowest level of low level - class A. It is not nearly as deadly as high level waste, but it can still kill you. I don't like the Yucca mountain plan due to who's paying the costs and that it obscures the actual costs of using nuclear power. I also don't like it because as far as I've heard, it was pretty much forced on Nevada, and from what I could find, they don't even use commercial nuclear power. I'm not smiling about the shipping, but it is not a big issue for me since we can't leave it where it is - it does have to move. I don't particularly like the idea of proposed routes from other states coming through the Twin Cities and do think that if that can be verified our city and state leadership should try and get that aspect of the plan to change. - Jason G. Northeast. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes http://autos.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
