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Germany to shut all nuclear reactors, a move North America should follow ?
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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 844388" data-attributes="member: 249"><p>Germany is definitely overreacting to the japanese nuclear accident. What has happened there was mostly the weaknesses of an outdated reactor getting exploited in a natural disaster. Weaknesses that are not present in current generation four reactors. The Fukashima plant had all generation two reactors for comparison. Nuclear power is not perfect, but when you break it down to the number of people who have died in the creation of nuclear power versus that of coal or other sources nuclear power is by far the safest form of power generation we have available to us today. What some call "green" energy sources are really a pipe dream when you realize that the wind doesn't always blow, and the sun doesn't always shine, and relying on these kind of sources of energy just isn't practical for today's standard of living. Our choices are either build nuclear power plants now or rely even more heavily on fossil fuels for electricity in the future. Its just that simple. </p><p></p><p>I recall reading a few years ago about these self contained nuclear power stations that would only be about the size of a small tool shed and could power a one or two neighborhoods. These would be buried near the areas they would power, and would have to be dug up every decade or so in order to replace and refuel them. I would be ok with that if the government didn't add so much red tape to them that the cost would be too high to make it practical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 844388, member: 249"] Germany is definitely overreacting to the japanese nuclear accident. What has happened there was mostly the weaknesses of an outdated reactor getting exploited in a natural disaster. Weaknesses that are not present in current generation four reactors. The Fukashima plant had all generation two reactors for comparison. Nuclear power is not perfect, but when you break it down to the number of people who have died in the creation of nuclear power versus that of coal or other sources nuclear power is by far the safest form of power generation we have available to us today. What some call "green" energy sources are really a pipe dream when you realize that the wind doesn't always blow, and the sun doesn't always shine, and relying on these kind of sources of energy just isn't practical for today's standard of living. Our choices are either build nuclear power plants now or rely even more heavily on fossil fuels for electricity in the future. Its just that simple. I recall reading a few years ago about these self contained nuclear power stations that would only be about the size of a small tool shed and could power a one or two neighborhoods. These would be buried near the areas they would power, and would have to be dug up every decade or so in order to replace and refuel them. I would be ok with that if the government didn't add so much red tape to them that the cost would be too high to make it practical. [/QUOTE]
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