Other renewable energy sources will take trillions out of just the U.S. economy every year because they cost about twice as much as other energy sources. And your numbers for cost are way too high. It creates jobs by rebuilding lost homes, etc., thus stimulating the economy according to a lot of people. Like I said, these reactors were built in the 60's or 70's and there are safer reactors today. I suggest you look up liquid fluoride thorium reactors that are an order of magnitude safer than today's nuclear and has a projected cost lower than coal. On Mar 31, 2012, at 10:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
> Jarold McWilliams <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nuclear is just as safe, if not more, than both of them. > > Evidently not. The Fukushima accident proved it is not safe. Just because it > did not kill people right away that does not make it safe. It will likely > kill many workers in the years to come. It caused tremendous havoc and cost > ~$600 billion. Taking that much money out of the economy and throwing it down > a black hole will surely cost many lives. > > A source of energy that can bankrupt the largest power company in the world > in one day is not "safe." No sane business executive would select it. If > anyone had known this might happen, no country would have built nuclear > reactors. > > People do not seem to grasp the magnitude of this event. This is $600 billion > in damage and 90,000 people's lives and livelihoods destroyed. No industrial > accident in history was even remotely as destructive, except Chernoblyl, of > course. > > - Jed >
