Writing for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution David Kyler states “subsidies for the nuclear industry are unwise, unfair and unjustified. Instead of sinking billions more tax dollars into this hazardous, extremely expensive source of energy, we should be converting to clean, proven technologies that are far more practical.”
Well, David, while practical, your suggestion is other than politically savvy. When you observe that more offshore drilling, “clean” coal, or more nuclear power plants are distractions from sound energy policy, you really refer to energy policy for the good of the people of Georgia, the United States and the globe.
“Following six decades of attempting to find a ‘safe’ and dependable way of storing radioactive waste from nuclear plants, experts still have no solution. These materials will remain a major public health threat for thousands of years. The more such materials we use, transport and store, the greater that threat becomes.” So, ask yourself why we continue with such detrimental policy?
As this blog repeatedly has observed, it is evident that the United States Congress is intent on acting counter to the interests of the people in the United States and the global community. This is other than policy for the public good, it is BAUAAAE (Business As Usual And Above All Else) by the politicians and those they serve (to include their own investments). (How come Congress critters can avoid identifying their conflict of interest?)
Some want to ascribe partisanship, e.g., the Repugnants alternative energy policy, to such policy making. Horsefeathers! As previously noted, almost all Senators and many members of the House of Representatives choose to ignore their official responsibility to respond to degradation of the atmosphere brought about by anthropogenic emissions. These are the makers of law; such action could only be construed as criminal by an international court. Yet while not criminal, the current course of action taken by elected representatives in the United States Congress certainly is morally wrong. (This blog went so far as to describe it previously as malefic.)
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“What will it take,” ponders Climate Progress commentator James Newberry, “to remove the corruption of the carbon/nuclear lobby in our government? The issue has become a global emergency that threatens to swamp all institutions and resources for centuries to come. Now passing through energy and economic frameworks, it soon will become only a question of morality, sustenance and survival.”
BTW: When the Repugnants proposed 100 new nuclear reactors as a mainstay of their alternative energy policy for the United States, observes Harvey Wasserman,”they fail to address who will pay for and insure them, where will the fuel come from and the waste go and who will protect them from terrorists.”
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship offer a Truthout Perspective about “the serious business of Washington,” i.e., other than Washington Theater, that which “happens in the shadows, out of sight, off the record.” They offer their perspective due to a concern for “the folks across the country, who actually need quality health care but can’t afford it.”
This blog offered the perspective about the corruption of the carbon / nuclear lobby in our government for a similar reason. Whereas the sheriff and his deputy on the town of Truthout want to see justice done for the townsfolk, the praxis of this blog is a bit wider in scope, i.e., life on the planet as we know it.
And, if we had Hollywood / Burbank writers, then the townspeople would get behind the upholders of truth and justice, and I would be dashing into a nearby telephone booth to don my pajamas.
Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound! (“Look! Up in the sky!” “It’s a bird!” “It’s a plane!” “It’s Superman!”)… Yes, it’s Superman … strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men! Superman … who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands, and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way!
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