William Gloege opines that South Korea has elected a liberal president. Expressing the liberal tribal belief, their leaders want to cut nuclear power. But if they care about safety, they should be for 100 percent nuclear power. Nuclear reactors save lives, according to leading American environmental scientist James Hansen of Columbia University. Burning fossil fuels kills 3 million people worldwide each year, according to the International Energy Agency. Extreme nuclear accidents exist only in movies and imaginations of an anti-nuclear cult pandering fear to support their tribal positions pandering fear of nuclear power to generate electricity.
Fukushima and Three Mile Island harmed no one (except about 3,000 children did get thyroid cancer, 99% recovered), according to the expert U.N. UNSCEAR committee. Ten firefighters who dealt with the initial fires at Chernoybyl received radiation doses that resulted in their deaths. Some Chernobyl residents ignored the evacuation order and suffered no harmful consequences to this day. Wildlife is thriving, according to a PBS Nature program. Another proof that fears of the anti-nuclear cult are bogus is the U.S Navy. Tens of thousands of sailors have served since 1955 on ships with powerful nuclear reactors without one casualty. If carbon emissions are not reduced significantly, that will kill humans in the billions, possibly including our grandchildren.
Like France, developed nations should get on nuclear power development ... and quickly. We must stop the real anti-environmentalists, the cult of the nuclear power opposition.
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Ed. Note: Represents our sentiments as well: http://i2mconsultants.com/downloads/corp/ConfrontingBias.pdf
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