If enviromentalists fear global warming, why do they stop the production of every proposed Nuke power plant?

Question

And why do they promote the use of mercury filled energy saving light bulbs that are made in China where there is no EPA.

Seems they identify a problem then complain about the solution.

Just like the drug companies that they say won't find cures for illness because there is more money in treating the problem then solving it.

Answer 1

Because the Left would rather return us to the days when everyone is crammed into the cities and thus dependent on the government.

As for the argument that nuclear waste cannot be disposed of, it's funny, but the French have been doing it for years. We just haven't taken the steps needed to do it correctly, and we need to develop the technology to make a fusion reactor feasible, since fusion is 1000 times more efficient that fission, most elements lighter than iron can be fused, and the products are not radioactive.

Answer 2

I think that most environmentalists equate nuclear power plants with Three Mile Island and Chernobyl . They forget that Three Mile Island emitted no radioactive material. Chernobyl is a design not used anywhere but in the old Soviet Union, which have updated safeguards that make them light years ahead of the originals. The problem as I see it is We in the US are not aware of Europe using and building more nuke plants or that the safety record of those plants are impressive. The other part of the problem is that in the US most conventional power plants use natural gas, and a large number are coal fired. The natural gas plants emit greenhouse gases, and coal before it burns emits radio activity and when burned emits radio active dust. The coal fly-ash is radioactive and gets buried or spread as a traction device on our roads. Natural Gas and Coal each are more harmfull than an average nuclear plants emissions.Nuclear waste can be remanufactured and recharged for reuse in the plant it came from. We have a way to cut the greenhouse gas emissions and save money by building new Modern Nukes. The last one built in the US was designed more than 25 years ago. the technology now is very safe and the waste is reused. We are harming us more with our conventional plants than if we using new technology nuclear plants. They also don't know that the Sierra Club has endorsed the new tech nukes as a way to save the enviroment from acid rain and saving natural resources.

Answer 3

Taking your questions one answer at a time,
At this time we have no way to store nuclear waste.
The Yucca Mt. National Nuclear Waste depot will not come on line until 2017, it can hold 77,000 metric tons, and we already have more than that in this country alone.
The waste remains radioactive from between 10,000 to 1,000,000 years, or longer than recorded history.
Other than waste, nuclear power plants have short active life spans, as compared to any other form of power generation, at only 25 years.
When looking at the cost of running nuclear plants, the numbers can be deceiving, Have the plants closing and cleanup costs been factored into the cost of Kilowatts per hour generated, usually not. When these costs are factored in, the cost is 10 to 12 cents per KHr, compared to the most expensive form of energy, photovoltaic, 15 to 20 cents per KHr, it doesn't seem to be a good deal.
Nuclear Energy is the worst of the good solutions to the energy crisis.
As for mercury filled CFL's (Compact Florescent Lights), the amount of mercury in a CFL is less than 5 milligrams, or about the amount of ink on the tip of a ball point pen.
But, many companies are starting recycling programs for CFLs, IKEA has already started, & Wallmart will begin one soon.
There is not much we can do about manufacturing in China except trying to buy products that are made in the US or other countries where the eco-standards are higher.

As for drug companies, I don't believe that they only produce drugs to treat illnesses, but there is evidence that they do ignore some not profitable diseases.
They are "For Profit Companies" respectable to share holders, and they do not make drugs for disease if there is no market, they do not do research for free.

Answer 4

I consider myself an environmentalist, you are talking about a few groups of people and are generalizing. I am not against nuclear power any more than I am against coal plants. Our local electric company was trying to put in a new coal plant at the cost of 300 million, which since its a public entity would have been paid for with local taxes and bonding (I'd have to help pay for it). I thought that a nuclear plant (although probably not wise within 100 miles of any large town) was a lot more saner choice and said so. But I also wondered why they would not even consider wind power. there are only 200,000 people living within 100 miles of here and a few dozen large, state-of-the-art wind mills would have nearly taken care of all the residential needs. No, I think nuclear plants have their place and we need some, but it has to be logically thought through. There has to be a variety, for now, of different ways to produce energy. I believe that if our local utility company is going to sell power on the grid at absolutely no benefit to the people living near their production plants, these citizens have a right to accept or deny the proposed facilities if they pose a risk to them personally...and they have a right to picket them.

Answer 5

The principal reason is the majority of Environmental activists are bought and paid for by the Fossil Fuel Industry.

Next time you are near a Environmental Protest go talk to the activists. Most are students from New Zealand and Australia. They come here on a work permit under Government approval.

So why you know as well as me it's all about the money.

Go big $$$ Go

Answer 6

Environmentalists are opposed to any technology and capitalism.

All that anti-nuke crap was feed to the environmentalist movement during the 70's - 80's by the KGB " remember them " to stop the US from expanding its use of nuclear technology. How else would a bunch of slightly educated hippies know where the military was storing and transporting nuclear weapons, or conducting research. It worked didn't it.

Don't believe me look it up, or read about the intelligence agencies during the Cold War.

Answer 7

I dont know if thats characteristic of the Democratic party of the liberal movement, but some people are just against everything under the sun.

Answer 8

1) Logic is not their strong suit.
2) They fear the word nuclear.
3) They want to increase their control over everyone.

Answer 9

You are aware that those plants produce wast which cannot be properly disposed of, aren't you?

Answer 10

They dont believe their own crapola.
It's all polotics.