June 29, 2006
The Threat to the Planet
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19131
thanks Conscientious
~Imagine what'll happen to the energy companies, the poor CEO's in charge, when Congress passes laws strictly regulating fossil-fuel emissions? Sing along with me : "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."
Does anyone really think our leaders would do anything that might negatively impact (the quarterly, let alone long term profits of) these corporations?
Nuclear power is the only solution that will quickly lower fuel emissions and require oil companies to do nothing except cut-back production. That and hybrid vehicles.
It'll be interesting to see how the average American consumer comes to accept that the new nuclear power plants up-wind are not that dangerous after all.
Rising gas prices and lower wages will eventually change our ideas about owning muscle cars while NASCAR becomes an officially recognized tax-exempt religion.
The problems of nuclear plant construction costs, accidents and waste storage will all but disappear once the Republicans and their Evangelical followers acknowledge that in order for America to maintain (choose any two) it's agriculture, forests, wild horses, coast lines, ski-resorts, private islands, blessings of liberty and stock dividends for all, something must be done about fossil fuels and global warming.
I've seen the future and it glows.
[photo from @ via google\ not above]