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"Our continually expanding need for energy?" or our continually
expanding want for energy? Its time we all realize we are grown
up..we don't have to grow anymore.. and we are going to burst apart
if we continually expand our use of ergy to supply our childish
wants and our addiction. Check out 'degrowth' or the 'steady state
economy' to realize we do have other options and the sooner we use
them the less disastrous the future will be for all of us. Good
letter Eleanor! Norah<br>
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On 18/03/2011 8:54 AM, BLAINE GRAY wrote:
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<div>While everyone is acutely aware of the risks involved with
nuclear power, particularly in view of the Japanese situation,
we all need to be reminded that there are very few other
viable sources of electric power that don't also impose huge
strains on our enviornment.</div>
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<div>We have coal, oil, natural gas and water. It's no news
that fossil fuel sources of electricity <u>and fuel</u> are
responsible for climate warming and contribute to illnesses
for millions. With the move to electric vehicles, we will be
replacing fuel for cars with fuel for generators.</div>
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<div>Significant improvements have been made with wind and solar
but these technologies are not without risk. Solar leaves
behind particularly nasty waste and wind is questioned due to
noise.</div>
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<div>So we need to put the risks associated with each of these
sources in perspective. Our continually expanding need for
energy (including these computers that we all use) must be
satisfied somehow. Nuclear power has had a reasonably good
track record when compared with most of the other big
sources; rather than dismissing it entirely, it might be more
effective to support research into making it safer.</div>
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<div>....Blaine Gray</div>
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b>
Eleanor Grant <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eleanor7000@gmail.com"><eleanor7000@gmail.com></a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> GREN2
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Fri,
March 18, 2011 12:23:30 AM<br>
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[All] my letter to Globe on nukes<br>
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To the editor<br>
The Globe and Mail:<br>
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Suppose that every nuclear reactor in Ontario could be built
and operated for 40 years without a hitch and then be
dismantled as planned.<br>
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Would that mean they are safe?<br>
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There are two KNOWN risks, which alone should make us afraid
to build any more of the things.<br>
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One is that the cost is prohibitive. We and our
grandchildren will be paying for them forever, through
either soaring hydro rates or soaring debt. Unlike
renewables, nukes have no payback time, only PAY MORE time.<br>
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The other known risk is that there is still no way to
dispose of the waste. To keep generating dangerous wastes
that our strapped descendants will have to figure out how to
dispose of, is both foolish and unconscionable.<br>
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Ontario should announce today a timetable for phasing out
nuclear power, as it commendably did with coal.<br>
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Eleanor Grant<br>
Waterloo, Ont.<br>
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