Tuesday, February 16, 2010

We chickadees will believe that nuclear power is safe...

...when the companies that profit from it are willing to pay for their own insurance. The Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act gives them a pass, putting the burden on taxpayers to cover the possibilities of leaks, accidents, etc. Of course, we're not taxpayers, so we won't be paying out of pocket for any accidents. But we've noticed that the only way people do anything good for the environment is if they're forced to, and when big money enters a picture, especially profits without risks, well, there goes the neighborhood for us.

1 comment:

Laura Erickson said...

Joy writes: "I used to live in the shadow of Nuke plant, Calvert Cliffs, in Maryland. At the visitors center all the bird songs were piped in, because there were no birds there."