McCain pushes destruction of the environment

Where do you suggest we get our electricity from? You don't want any more coal plants, we cant dam any more rivers because that would cause to much impact to the environment, no nuclear, nobody wants wind farms in their back yard. So what is your suggestion? You can slam McCain all you want but its obvious he is the only one with practical ideas. Obama is selling you what you want to hear it doesn't matter if it works or not. Maby we should all go back to living without electricity

oh yeah by the way co2 is not causing global warming its the sun. More and more scientists are figuring that out now. How long do you think you can keep man made global warming alive? Its been damn cold in the north this year!!!!!!!!!

By bringing SOLAR, WIND, GEOTHERMAL and other energy sources forward without the interference of oil companies and other lobbies that DELIBERATELY use their $$$$$$$$$$$ and political clout to keep them down, as we wean ourselves off these dirty, toxic CANCER CAUSING sources state by state. And you're damn right I can slam McCain for being a SELLOUT to the environment just like Obama has shown he is on this issue of nuclear and "clean coal." How many dead people are good enough for you for us to keep this going?

The sun? LOL. Yes, and the Earth is the center of the universe. Please, educate yourself instead of just watching Glenn Beck and the other buffoons who pass that BS on. Climate change is not just about warm temperatures.

And "oh yeah" this isn't just about climate change, but the TOXIFICATION OF THIS PLANET. If you don't think coal and nuclear do that, you are brainwashed beyond all hope.

I haven't seen any people die because of a coal plant. I think you are misinformed we have plenty of coal. I and most of America don't buy into the hysteria spread by people that want to bring our economy to a halt. I am all for wind solar and other energy if it is cheaper. A majority of the country agrees with me.

The sun is what warms the planet it is that big orange thing in the sky if you look up tomorrow you will see it and if you go outside you will feel its warmth. I never watch Glenn Beck but I have herd of him.

i dont know where they plan on building these nuke plants but i dont want to live within 1000 miles from them. im sure i already do. does anyone know where the nuke plants are currently located

I mean, I understand how this could be a very poisonous thing for our environment, but it also has the potential to help. We're steadily running out of fossil fuels, and if we can't find other ways to generate power, we're sunk. With society the way it is today, we wouldn't be able to last any lengthy amount of time without electricity, and while McCain's proposition isn't nearly perfect, I appreciate that someone is at least trying to find solutions.

Just because someone doesn't agree with your radical ideas they need to be educated. We have burned coal for 150 years or so maybe longer and were still hear. Why the sudden need to change? I think you have been listening to Al Gore. Who by the way is profiting big time off this whole global warming scare while living a extravagant life style. What a hypocrite.

i found a map of the nukes plants in the usa.
they are all over the east coast and luckily there are none in my state of montana

http://www.nucleartourist.com/us/us-plant.htm

Did we need the stock photo of 55-gallon drums? People aren't dumping them anymore, and besides, nuclear waste isn't stored in drums.

People will do a better job making real change if they leave out the exaggerations. Otherwise, they just end up proving Rush Limbaugh right. And we wouldn't want that would we?

Yes, we did need it. Polluton still exists, doesn't it? And I don't give a fart in space about Rush Limbaugh.

You only need one reason to say NO to nuclear: CANCER.

Remember Chernobyl?

Nuclear energy is not worth the risk of millions of people dying of horrible cancers because of an accident or a terrorist attack on a nuclear power plant.

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9604/26/chernobyl/230pm/

Nuclear power plants also use large amounts of water for cooling. How the hell do people propose to have that with FORTY FIVE new plants if climate change, waste, mismanagement, overpopulation and pollution of water sources in this country are already contributing to almost 50% of this country being in some form of drought? And what about the types of storms we have seen causing flooding in Iowa? I have never seen one nuclear plant that was not near a body of water, and droughts can pose a severe problem by causing the source of cooling water to run out. That already happened in France in 2005 during the mega heatwave that killed 35,000 people. Nuclear plants had to be shut down. They are not viable in the changing world we now live in. Period.

Hawkmang: That is why the crux of this is getting people to understand that they need to stop being so damned selfish and wasteful and thinking these antiquated toxic technologies will pick up the slack for them. Why can't people be responsible and conserve? Why can't people learn to not use as much energy as they do now?

There is also NO reason why we cannot build solar arrays in the Mojave Desert and in other locations that could serve thousands of homes and businesses WITHOUT nuclear radiation waste storage problems, toxic pollution, mismanagement of plants, lack of qualified staff, and security problems. And solar will and is opening an entire new field of green jobs that will help lift people out of poverty in also working to give their children a more sustainable planet. Why are people who talk change so afraid to really change when that change is so much better than the crap they already have that has contributed so much of the cancer and disease we see on this planet?

The reason is clear why McCain, and even Obama want nuclear: MONEY and POWER. Obama already loosened policing standards in Illinois for his contributor Exelon... is MONEY more important than saving people from cancer? Nuclear power can NEVER be safe and those in Washington DC telling us it can will only look like either one of two things: a shill for the industry, or a political partisan refusing to see the big picture because their wallet is blocking it.

Mr Smithers: I am not 'yours' or anybody else's here, so I suggest you find another thread. You won't be getting fed here.

The problem with this country's energy policy is that it is determined, in large part, by special interests with a lot of money and power. Oil, Coal and Nuclear.

Cleaner options like wind and solar get lip service from politicians but there is no real committment. If there were a policy committment to these, we could make it happen.

Even without this, in the next 7 - 10 years solar will become much much more affordable and an economically vialble alternative to conventional energy. That timeline would be shorter with some political leadership. But I don't see that right now from either candidate.

fuck it being 'colder' in the cold states, duh....its hot as hell likes its never been hot b4, and you cant tell me that the times when the seasons have come have shifted "somehow"...its snowed it ATL GA this year in Feb, March, then right after had 3 cases of tornados..in florida it didnt even get cold AT ALL but 2 days of one month, and that month was in march. if you think that adding polutants is the air is helping..?! then your the one hurting. simple places like Whole Foods Market, a organic and all natural grocery store, is even providing easy answers, they provide you with Wind Farm Cedits, so instead of your house can be powered by Wind but still be charged by the electricity provider because they will use wind credits...any HOUSEHOLD can use this, including any big based business...it would cut down all the nucluar plants but they will still be getting paid for cheaper and using another sourse of power, its a win win...when u r determined to find another way, there always seems to be one. o like in New Mexico, where someone found how to make pertrolum out of lake algea, who wouldve known, unless he was determind. i dont know about u, but i like Earth, i want to take care of it the right way instead of (finding other means to live; Mars, and BS like that) harming it now then figuring it out later.

he's making no sense at all. 45 reactors? Didn't they have a problem dealing with nuclear watse that poisoned and killed all life that encountered it? Why dont they just wait for the new fusion reactor to be finished?