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In reply to the discussion: Oil train derails near Mosier in Columbia River Gorge [View all]StarTrombone
(188 posts)40. The Nuclear Option Could Be Best Bet to Combat Climate Change
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They want to run those trains thru Seattle like the billions of tons of coal we now see.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#3
We are selling a major energy source cheap and you think it's for jobs? First of all there
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#8
Thank you for allowing the nuclear waste to be buried in your backyard....now if only
Tikki
Jun 2016
#30
Are you on the correct message board? Nuc's are terribly expensive. Do you know how much
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#34
Wrong on so many counts. The cost of building a nuc power plant is cost prohibitive.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#41
Yes an article written from the view point of "experts" that have financial biases for nuclear.
rhett o rick
Jun 2016
#47
Or we'd be awash in more 3 Mile Islands and Fukishimas. Nuclear is not a viable option to pursue.
FighttheFuture
Jun 2016
#45
"livelihoods!" Really?! Not every job is worth preserving. It woudl be better, and cheaper to
FighttheFuture
Jun 2016
#44