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**WertyNtont** · 03-16-2011, 06:32 PM

Someone has to define green.

There is a plan on the table to build a giant wind farm off the Cap Cod coast. The locals, including a few Kennedys are up in arms? Is this green or not? Actually I would say yes. But obviously a bunch of people up there don't agree.

Nuke plants aren't pretty, do present risks (which have been actualized in Japan right now), but they do have environmental and functional advantages.

The plant in crisis right now is 40 YO. Maybe we've learned how to build these things better in four decades? Maybe they need to be replaced ever once in a while? Maybe they need to be sited better?

Nuclear energy isn't green energy (not yet).

03-16-2011, 06:32 PM	#27
WertyNtont Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 481 Senior Member	Someone has to define green. There is a plan on the table to build a giant wind farm off the Cap Cod coast. The locals, including a few Kennedys are up in arms? Is this green or not? Actually I would say yes. But obviously a bunch of people up there don't agree. Nuke plants aren't pretty, do present risks (which have been actualized in Japan right now), but they do have environmental and functional advantages. The plant in crisis right now is 40 YO. Maybe we've learned how to build these things better in four decades? Maybe they need to be replaced ever once in a while? Maybe they need to be sited better? Nuclear energy isn't green energy (not yet).
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