Sunday, January 4, 2009

The Nuclear Power Debate

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Due to the ailing economy, I have been forced to add subliminal advertising to my blog posts in order to be sure that I don't fall behind on my mortgage payments.


Alrighty then! The nuclear power debate! :D

Since the beginning of harvesting nuclear energy in middle-ish 20th century, there has been much debate over its use, mostly because of the hazardous nature of the waste it produces and the possibility of "accidents".

So where do I stand on the nuclear power debate spectrum? Well I can't really answer that, because I'm sitting in a horse carriage right now holding a megaphone, and standing would take too much effort. I just hate it when he does that!

Thanks to modern technology, I have been able to create a diagram showing where I fit on the spectrum while still being able to sit in this horse carriage.

As shown in the diagram above, I am mostly in favor of nuclear power, however I think there are some problems that need to be solved, especially with the issue of disposing nuclear waste. For now, we should use other clean sources of energy for the most part until we find a solution to these problems.

The bad economic times we are currently facing, as well as the huge national debt that we didn't have during the Clinton administration (see below) made me realize that the generations before me really left a burden on my generation's hands that won't go away for a long time, and we shouldn't add the problems nuclear waste brings to that burden.