<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Glad to see that you are tracking nuclear energy developments Lulu — and at least supplementing our local media.<div><br></div><div>I am essentially against nuclear energy as an energy source for all the usual reasons, But, I worry about certain catastrophic events such as the eruption of a super volcano. e.g. Yellowstone Park, or a large meteor strike. Such events could greatly decrease the e-efficiency of solar cells and wind turbines (dust in “gears”) in a near-future (hopefully) RE based civilization.</div><div><br></div><div>“Safer” sources of nuclear e are in the R&D stage but potential nuclear waste storage problems seem still be with us — if even at a lower level of risk, e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Affordable_Fission_Engine">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Affordable_Fission_Engine</a> & <a href="http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512321/safer-nuclear-power-at-half-the-price">http://www.technologyreview.com/news/512321/safer-nuclear-power-at-half-the-price</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Beside super e-conservation, deep geothermal might be a big part of the answer.</div><div><br></div><div>See: </div><div><a href="http://uwaft.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Geothermal-Energy-Facts.pdf">http://uwaft.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Geothermal-Energy-Facts.pdf</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/breakthrough/can-geothermal-industry-gather-steam/article15134237/">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/breakthrough/can-geothermal-industry-gather-steam/article15134237/</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.cangea.ca/canadian-geothermal/">http://www.cangea.ca/canadian-geothermal/</a> </div><div><a href="http://desmog.ca/2014/02/26/top-5-reasons-why-geothermal-power-nowhere-canada">http://desmog.ca/2014/02/26/top-5-reasons-why-geothermal-power-nowhere-canada</a></div><div><a href="http://www.cangea.ca/announcements/deep-proceeds-with-geothermal-power-generation-engineering-design-study/">http://www.cangea.ca/announcements/deep-proceeds-with-geothermal-power-generation-engineering-design-study/</a> </div><div><a href="http://www.pembina.org/blog/792">http://www.pembina.org/blog/792</a></div><div><a href="http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/rncan-nrcan/M183-2-6914-eng.pdf">http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/rncan-nrcan/M183-2-6914-eng.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Robert M</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jun 15, 2014, at 10:10 AM, Louisette Lanteigne <<a href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">butterflybluelu@rogers.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div class="" style="">Happy father's day folks!</div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Ontario Power Generation used a New Mexico Nuclear Dump as an example of a safe facility; THEN IT LEAKED. </div><div class="" style=""><br class="" style=""></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Now Michigan Senate talking measures to support greater scrutiny for Lake Huron Nuclear Waste proposal. <br class="" style=""></div><div style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/06/12/michigan_senate_wants_more_scrutiny_for_nuclear_dump.html">http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/06/12/michigan_senate_wants_more_scrutiny_for_nuclear_dump.html</a><br class="" style=""></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;"><br></div><div class="" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-style: normal; background-color: transparent;">Lulu </div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>All mailing list<br><a href="mailto:All@gren.ca">All@gren.ca</a><br>http://mail.gren.ca/mailman/listinfo/all_gren.ca<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>