I walked around the corner in our neighborhood and found a young boy hitting himself in the head with a hammer. "Little boy," I said, "why do you hit yourself in the head with a hammer?" He looked up with a smile on his face and said, "Because it feels so good when I stop."
The Pahrump Valley Times has another in a series of articles in ALL the local papers on the next attempt by the DOE to "revive" Yucca Mountain. They will send another bright scientist to head the project and then cut back the money and manpower ... again ... while getting now further in the process. More delays, more money down the drain (or hole). I makes you want to ask: "DOE, why do you keep hitting your head with a hammer?"
Well it is long past time to MAKE IT STOP!
It is time to spend the billions of dollars on recycling nuclear waste and not hiding it - "oooh, that feels so good!"
It is time to spend the billions of dollars on technology that WON'T PRODUCE the waste in the first place - "yessss, that feels so good!"
Let's get the DOE to STOP banging themselves with Yucca, I am sure they will thank us for it.
Showing posts with label Nuclear Waste. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
PRO Nevada on why Jon Ralston is an Idiot
On Sunday, February 24 the Las Vegas Sun posted Jon Ralston's column titled "Jon Ralston on why the governor's suggestion to build a desalinization plant misses the point" PRO Nevada offers this assessment of his comments:
1] Jon is an idiot because he cannot contain is obvious dislike for Gov. Gibbons. Any hint that his columns are unbiased or fair dribbles away with his cheap comments "Hey, Governor, did you notice the state budget is underwater?" and "plagiarized Elko screed" and "of course, Gibbons knows water from the ground up."
2] Jon is an idiot because he calls what is "short-sighted" visionary and what is visionary, short-sighted. To say that spending ever increasing Yucca-like billions on a thousand mile pipeline through Nevada's desert to water the grounds at Caesar's Palace is visionary and "essential" and the Governor's suggestion that we spend the billions on creating a NEW SOURCE for water is short sighted and "nutty" is to show Jon's idiotic tendencies.
3] Jon is an idiot because he doesn't understand how ALL water is related. He says Gibbons misses the point because desalinating in AZ, CA and Mexico won't help the overuse of the Colorado River. What is he thinking? I guess he was just clouded by his dislike of the Governor because if CA takes one gallon out of the Pacific ocean that means it will take one less gallon out of the Colorado. If Mexico can convert salt water into fresh water for it's crops and people they will not need as much of the Colorado. Maybe Jon is swayed by the polished, good-looking, alto-voiced Pat Mulroy in her calming commercials as she thanks Las Vegas for their conserving efforts and casually mentions raping the rural counties.
4] Jon is an idiot because he is all FOR the environmentalists as they attempt to stop Yucca but he calls them "Environmental Screechers" when they attempt to stop this foolish pipeline.
The parallels are obvious between Yucca and the Pipeline: we will spend increasing billions on something that will probably never happen and is environmentally suspect instead of spending billions on new technologies to take care of the REAL problems. Instead of the whole US trying to screw Nevada, Las Vegas and Jon Ralston are trying to screw the rural counties.
Jon Ralston is obvious PRO Las Vegas and not PRO Nevada.
1] Jon is an idiot because he cannot contain is obvious dislike for Gov. Gibbons. Any hint that his columns are unbiased or fair dribbles away with his cheap comments "Hey, Governor, did you notice the state budget is underwater?" and "plagiarized Elko screed" and "of course, Gibbons knows water from the ground up."
2] Jon is an idiot because he calls what is "short-sighted" visionary and what is visionary, short-sighted. To say that spending ever increasing Yucca-like billions on a thousand mile pipeline through Nevada's desert to water the grounds at Caesar's Palace is visionary and "essential" and the Governor's suggestion that we spend the billions on creating a NEW SOURCE for water is short sighted and "nutty" is to show Jon's idiotic tendencies.
3] Jon is an idiot because he doesn't understand how ALL water is related. He says Gibbons misses the point because desalinating in AZ, CA and Mexico won't help the overuse of the Colorado River. What is he thinking? I guess he was just clouded by his dislike of the Governor because if CA takes one gallon out of the Pacific ocean that means it will take one less gallon out of the Colorado. If Mexico can convert salt water into fresh water for it's crops and people they will not need as much of the Colorado. Maybe Jon is swayed by the polished, good-looking, alto-voiced Pat Mulroy in her calming commercials as she thanks Las Vegas for their conserving efforts and casually mentions raping the rural counties.
4] Jon is an idiot because he is all FOR the environmentalists as they attempt to stop Yucca but he calls them "Environmental Screechers" when they attempt to stop this foolish pipeline.
The parallels are obvious between Yucca and the Pipeline: we will spend increasing billions on something that will probably never happen and is environmentally suspect instead of spending billions on new technologies to take care of the REAL problems. Instead of the whole US trying to screw Nevada, Las Vegas and Jon Ralston are trying to screw the rural counties.
Jon Ralston is obvious PRO Las Vegas and not PRO Nevada.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Dairy Farmer gives another GREAT reason to stop Yucca Mountain
The LVRJ is doing a series called "On the Road" where they are taking US 95 from South to North and interviewing people in the towns along the way. FIRST we at PRO Nevada are grateful to the RJ for getting out of it's Vegas towers to get into rural Nevada. Their articles so far have stayed away from the quirky and gotten into the true rural Nevadans. SECOND I do believe they are showing their prejudices by who they pick and print but we understand a newspaper trying to stay a bit balanced even though rural Nevadans are pretty predominantly Republican and have counterweighted the predominantly Democratic cities of Vegas and Reno.
Tuesday's "On the Road" stopped at the Dairy farm within a few miles of Yucca Mountain. They interviewed the managers there and talked about Yucca. Read article here.
Can you imagine 45% of Nevada's milk coming from a location near Yucca Mountain? I really don't care if you can find 50 "experts" who will tell me that there is no way nuclear waste can get into the cows system and into our milk. Just the thought of it makes you think twice about purchasing milk. We might have to start getting our milk from China or something. It is kind of like having a drinking fountain right next to a urinal in the men's restroom. It just isn't right!
PRONevada.org
Tuesday's "On the Road" stopped at the Dairy farm within a few miles of Yucca Mountain. They interviewed the managers there and talked about Yucca. Read article here.
Can you imagine 45% of Nevada's milk coming from a location near Yucca Mountain? I really don't care if you can find 50 "experts" who will tell me that there is no way nuclear waste can get into the cows system and into our milk. Just the thought of it makes you think twice about purchasing milk. We might have to start getting our milk from China or something. It is kind of like having a drinking fountain right next to a urinal in the men's restroom. It just isn't right!
PRONevada.org
Buried on Page 20
So why does this get buried in page 20 of the LVRJ?
With all the campaign rhetoric on Yucca Mountain you would think something like this would get more play. All we here is: "I will stop Yucca Mountain if elected president!" from every one of the officials but when the BETTER IDEA is put forward no one picks it up. We at PRONevada have been preaching about recycling nuclear waste instead of putting it in a concrete box an burying it under a beautiful Nevada mountain. We (the US taxpayer) have spent TENS OF BILLIONS of dollars on digging a hole under Yucca Mountain to store when that money could have better been spent on turning that nuclear waste into MORE ENERGY or at least rendering it non-radioactive.
So here is one of our representatives touting this plan and the LV Sun doesn't even pick it up and the LVRJ buries it next to the latest casino "double your point" advertisement. So here it is.
Jan. 18, 2008 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal Porter looks at recycling nuclear fuel By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -- After inspecting a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in France, Rep. Jon Porter on Thursday said Nevada universities should be at the forefront in researching the reprocessing of nuclear fuel.
"According to the French, there is a shortage of folks in this field; and if we can become the premier state in researching the recycling of nuclear fuel and alternative energy sources, the pressure to open Yucca Mountain might be reduced," Porter said.
During reprocessing, uranium and plutonium are separated from other materials in spent nuclear fuel. That could significantly reduce the 77,000 tons of nuclear waste which would be stored at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
But for more than 30 years, the United States has banned reprocessing of nuclear waste in an attempt to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons material.
"I think we have ignored a viable option for a number of years, and we need to accelerate efforts to look at reprocessing as a way to diversify our energy portfolio," said Porter, a three-term Republican.
Porter said the cost of completing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain ranges from $80 billion to $90 billion compared to about $15 billion to build a nuclear reprocessing facility.
Porter and Republicans Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, and Phil English and Bill Shuster, both of Pennsylvania, toured the Areva nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in LaHague, France, last week on a nine-day taxpayer-funded trip.
The lawmakers also inspected energy facilities in Azerbaijan and Turkey, including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan crude oil pipeline, which transports 1 million barrels a day and is projected to reach its capacity of moving 3 million barrels daily next year, according to Porter spokesman Matt Leffingwell.
Although not all of the oil goes to the United States, Porter described the BTC pipeline as a vital U.S. energy resource.
"The pipeline allows us to get oil and gas from that region without Russia and Iran who like to play games," he said.
Pay special attention to the fact that a recycling facility in France cost ONLY $15 billion. We have spent $80 billion on Yucca so far! Let's hear a presidential candidate do his homework on that instead of just reading press releases! I want to hear that dumping waste is NOT going to happen but I want to hear more WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT INSTEAD!
Sure, send us your waste. We'll power our state with it! Now that is PRONevada!
PRONevada.org
Filed in Yucca Mountain
With all the campaign rhetoric on Yucca Mountain you would think something like this would get more play. All we here is: "I will stop Yucca Mountain if elected president!" from every one of the officials but when the BETTER IDEA is put forward no one picks it up. We at PRONevada have been preaching about recycling nuclear waste instead of putting it in a concrete box an burying it under a beautiful Nevada mountain. We (the US taxpayer) have spent TENS OF BILLIONS of dollars on digging a hole under Yucca Mountain to store when that money could have better been spent on turning that nuclear waste into MORE ENERGY or at least rendering it non-radioactive.
So here is one of our representatives touting this plan and the LV Sun doesn't even pick it up and the LVRJ buries it next to the latest casino "double your point" advertisement. So here it is.
Jan. 18, 2008 Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal Porter looks at recycling nuclear fuel By TONY BATT STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
WASHINGTON -- After inspecting a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in France, Rep. Jon Porter on Thursday said Nevada universities should be at the forefront in researching the reprocessing of nuclear fuel.
"According to the French, there is a shortage of folks in this field; and if we can become the premier state in researching the recycling of nuclear fuel and alternative energy sources, the pressure to open Yucca Mountain might be reduced," Porter said.
During reprocessing, uranium and plutonium are separated from other materials in spent nuclear fuel. That could significantly reduce the 77,000 tons of nuclear waste which would be stored at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
But for more than 30 years, the United States has banned reprocessing of nuclear waste in an attempt to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons material.
"I think we have ignored a viable option for a number of years, and we need to accelerate efforts to look at reprocessing as a way to diversify our energy portfolio," said Porter, a three-term Republican.
Porter said the cost of completing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain ranges from $80 billion to $90 billion compared to about $15 billion to build a nuclear reprocessing facility.
Porter and Republicans Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, and Phil English and Bill Shuster, both of Pennsylvania, toured the Areva nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in LaHague, France, last week on a nine-day taxpayer-funded trip.
The lawmakers also inspected energy facilities in Azerbaijan and Turkey, including the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan crude oil pipeline, which transports 1 million barrels a day and is projected to reach its capacity of moving 3 million barrels daily next year, according to Porter spokesman Matt Leffingwell.
Although not all of the oil goes to the United States, Porter described the BTC pipeline as a vital U.S. energy resource.
"The pipeline allows us to get oil and gas from that region without Russia and Iran who like to play games," he said.
Pay special attention to the fact that a recycling facility in France cost ONLY $15 billion. We have spent $80 billion on Yucca so far! Let's hear a presidential candidate do his homework on that instead of just reading press releases! I want to hear that dumping waste is NOT going to happen but I want to hear more WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH IT INSTEAD!
Sure, send us your waste. We'll power our state with it! Now that is PRONevada!
PRONevada.org
Filed in Yucca Mountain
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