Georgia nuclear plant's cost now forecast to top $30 billion

[hunter]

52. The same people who freak out about tritium...

... regularly fill their own automobiles and boats with gasoline which is a similarly hazardous material and a much greater danger to the natural environment. And somehow they are not protesting the huge amounts of used motor oil that gets spilled, while they willingly breathe carcinogenic tire dust, brake dust, and micro-particles spewed by automobiles in normal operation.

One of the most toxic pollutants in the ocean is mercury (half life of FOREVER!), most of this dumped into the environment by coal fired power plants and the production of metals and concrete.

Just because something is familiar doesn't mean it's not dangerous.

The human race has worked itself into a corner. We are dependent on high density energy sources to sustain us. A purely "renewable energy" economy can't sustain all 8 billion of us. By my rough calculations if we don't quit fossil fuels about 40% of us are going to suffer and die because of global warming. If we simply quit fossil fuels and don't replace them with other high density energy sources, 40% of us are going to suffer and die for lack of food and safe shelter. We must keep our cities habitable.

Nuclear power is the only energy source capable of displacing fossil fuels entirely, which is something we need to do now.