Political Punch

As a Nevadan, one of the things I've noticed about support for Yucca Mountain is the lack of understanding about the realities of transporting the nuclear waste to Nevada. Scottie is not going to beam it up! It will travel by truck or train, cross country. That's through your backyards folks! Oh wait. . .it's OK! The government says so. Just like waste, put undergraound, over multiple earthquake faults, in the 3rd most seismically active state is safe. Whew, I was worried for a minute there, but the government says it's safe . . .

well, we could build a breeder reactor and reprocess some of this waste in order to reduce it and at the very least make it less toxic. Also, if we really invested in nuclear power the advances in technology make them more efficient and with less waste in the end anyway.

Hanford is the nation's most contaminated nuclear waste site and the nation's largest environmental cleanup operation. It is not refreshing that a person who aspires to be president would not have heard about it -- it's scary!

Many people have not heard of Hanford or Yucca. Running for president does not mean you are omnipotent, it means you are smart enough to grasp ideas and to learn.

If a candidate says, "oh, I know all about that", on every subject raised, then they are lying.

I much prefer the truthful answer of I don't know, but I'll find out.

At least this is a real issue.

America needs a realistic energy policy that meets our strategic objective of energy independence. That won't happen overnight but it will never happen if we don't make some smart adjustments to our current thinking. The Europeans got this a long time ago and as a result drive better fuel efficient cars and use nuclear energy effectively.

If we aren't at least that smart, then we probably are a nation in decline. I don't think that has to be the case but stupid pandering leaders are the harbinger of precisely that.

We will increase our use of nuclear energy. It is a matter of smarts in regulating to ensure safety. Get to it.

The other part of this is creating systems that cascade the energy conversion upward to create fuels, in particular, chaining solar to create hydrogen to power coal conversion. Quit thinking in terms of simple one-off source and think systematically. That meets the objectives of energy indepence, a cleaner environment, and it creates jobs.

America can if it just will.

Do a search, Jake. Obama supported Yucca UNTIL he decided to run for President. The day Barbara Boxer held her hearing about the Environment/Yucca Mountain, BO sent her a letter telling her has has changed his mind about Yucca and opposed it, but, of course, that was for political expediency.

My brother, my SIL, my 2 nieces and my nephew lived in Godley, Illinois during the Tritium Water leak cover up. My nephew was born when they lived there. My 2 nieces grew up there and have been sickly their entire lives.

Obama DID NOTHING for that town,except continue to take Exelon's HUGE $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, $270,000, to be exact. Do you know what Tritium is and what it can do to babies? children? adults? Google it. You'll find out. Obama is a sleaze. PURE SLEAZE.

ALL CANDIDATES FLIP FLOP. That is just the way it is. They call it "clarifying" their positions.

In terms of Obama not knowing about Hanford, at least he was honest about it and said instead B.S. his way through it, he said he will learn about it.

I actually find that refreshing. I am liking the new politics.

I understand this is a flip-flop and McCain is all over the map on this. But remember Obama had never even heard of Hanford, the nation's largest contaminated nuclear waste site. So on one hand you have McCain who flip flops and Obama who doesn't know the basics.