I won't jump to conclusions about how bad nuclear problem in Japan is -- But.....

[Armstead]

....I've always thought the use of nuclear power is insane.

Just the possibility of the worst case scenerio should have been enough to deter us from opening this Pandora's Box in the first place.

[cali]

1. you don't have to jump to conclusions to know it's very bad indeed.

[inademv]

2. I say the same about oil and coal production n/t

[Jackpine Radical]

3. I've always been in that same camp.

I remember a plan back in the 50's to use A-Bombs to "dig" an enlarged Panama Canal. I think it was right about then that I suddenly realized I was living in a society filled with lunatics.

[ixion]

4. exactly. The possibility of what is happening right now, and the toxic waste produced

are two great reasons NOT to use nuclear power.