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Originally Posted by freedogger
. The only way nuclear power exists is because taxpayers subsidize it on so many levels.
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hmmm reminds me of solar, wind, hell even hydroelectric. Pretty much all large scale energy projects receive massive government subsidies on many levels. Even half a billion dollars from the American government couldn't save Solyndra.
Do I think the decommissioning costs were under estimated in the past? for sure and I'd go further to suggest there should be some sort of surcharge om nuclear power which goes into a government trust account specifically reserved for decommissioning costs incase the utility goes under and can't pay for the decommissioning.
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Anyway, its nice to see at least the Japanese and Germans are waking up to this and out right rejecting it.
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It's called a knee jerk reaction...
Number of people killed in the earthquake/tsunami is over 18,000, the number of people killed by radiation exposure from the nuclear incident is 0 and the levels really never got high enough that that number is likely to change. But regardless in comparison, people are concerned about the safety of nuclear power? In what world is this making sense.
Does this not just smack you of a bunch of people proving the saying "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing"?
And Japans solution to this? In a day where global warming is all the rage? Lets burn a crap ton more natural gas.
What's the long term plan here?? Japan is a country with limited potential to generate electricity from either hydroelectric sources, solar or wind power. They aren't producing enough power anymore to get through the high demand months.
I think this summer once the brownouts start to hit and people start to realize how much living through the summer sans air conditioning in that country sucks, the anti nuclear sentiments are going to start to fade.