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In reply to the discussion: Reason for and a critical question about 2012's 6.9% decline in nuclear production [View all]NNadir
(33,516 posts)29. The consequences are clear enough. 2013 is going to be the worst year for accumulation of...
of dangerous fossil fuel waste in the planetary atmosphere ever recorded, with the possible exception of 2012.
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/weekly.html
Deaths from air pollution will continue to rise, and millions of lives that might have been saved, were it not for the triumph of fear and ignorance, will be lost.
As happens so often in human history, fear and ignorance are doing their worst. The great gift given to us by some of the greatest minds of the 20th century, nuclear energy, will be squandered for insane satisfactions of very, very, very, very small minds.
Is there any surprise at this outcome?
There shouldn't be. Most of human history is dominated by foolishness, lack of vision, and dogma.
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Reason for and a critical question about 2012's 6.9% decline in nuclear production [View all]
kristopher
Dec 2013
OP
Anyone familiar with near misses like Davis Besse knows that we've just been lucky.
kristopher
Dec 2013
#32
Right.That football sized hole in Davis Besse's reactor head is something the Japanese did.
kristopher
Dec 2013
#37
'Shoot the messenger' is THE go to strategy the nuclear industry uses against any and all critics.
kristopher
Dec 2013
#47
The consequences are clear enough. 2013 is going to be the worst year for accumulation of...
NNadir
Dec 2013
#29
Why on earth would a smart guy like you have expected "this time" to be different?
GliderGuider
Dec 2013
#45