02-12-2011, 11:01 PM
Paul, the fear of nuclear power in Hawaii is not irrational. We live on an island that cannot be evacuated in the event of an emergency or breakdown. Our land is finite and once polluted with radiation will be unliveable for whatever the half life of the pollution were to be. What is it, 10,000 years? No one lives on Three Mile Island or near Chernobyl now nor will they for the foreseeable future. Many of us love this aina very deeply and car to protect it.
Just because there were no immediate deaths from those incidents doesn't mean that the radiation that the people were exposed to isn't affecting them now. Please post a link that shows that there was no human or animal radiation related illness.
Just because there are many nuclear plants operating safely, doesn't mean the potential for this kind of disaster doesn't exist. Wasn't a plant in NJ just shut down recently due to serious flaws found in its structure. We all know that cement fails. We are also very prone here to serious earthquakes and the obvious volcanic aspects of nature. If you think NIMBY is showing its face for a simple road, how do you think people would react to having cooling towers in their backyard? Believe me, it won't be coming here in your or my lifetime.
Just because there were no immediate deaths from those incidents doesn't mean that the radiation that the people were exposed to isn't affecting them now. Please post a link that shows that there was no human or animal radiation related illness.
Just because there are many nuclear plants operating safely, doesn't mean the potential for this kind of disaster doesn't exist. Wasn't a plant in NJ just shut down recently due to serious flaws found in its structure. We all know that cement fails. We are also very prone here to serious earthquakes and the obvious volcanic aspects of nature. If you think NIMBY is showing its face for a simple road, how do you think people would react to having cooling towers in their backyard? Believe me, it won't be coming here in your or my lifetime.