By Bal(t)imoron, 4 months and 8 days ago
A Tale of Two American Energy Strategies
It's a convenient opportunity, but one cannot be impressed by how Canada's British Columbia and America's EnergySolutions are conducting their respective carbon and nuclear energy policies. It's no surprise, but I lean towards nuclear energy as a carbon-free alternative and favor carbon taxes. But, nuclear waste disposal is probably the most prominent liability for nuclear energy proponents to defend. On the other hand, BC has initiated carbon taxes while keeping the overall budget revenue-neutral.
And, where are the Democrats on energy? Rescinding tax breaks…wait, where is America's national energy strategy, not it's corporate habits?
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4 months and 7 days ago
Hard to believe that it makes sense, economically, to ship low-level radioactive waste five thousand miles.
On another note: The disposal problem is a serious one, I agree, but I think one mistake that is being made (especially regarding the high-level waste) is that we're trying to think of solutions that last for the next ten thousand years. Seems to me it would make sense to think in terms of a few hundred years, and count on the smarts of future generations to come up with ideas about how to deal with it, or even to find a use for it.
Yes, it would mean «dumping problems on our grandchildren,» as every NIMBY politician will be sure to repeat early and often. But continuing to burn fossil fuels is also dumping problems on our grandchildren.
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