Ichi-Leaks

Ironic, isn’t it, that the one U.S. network news reporter in Japan I mentioned in yesterday’s post as the most sanguine of them all, is the one who actually had a valid reason to be afraid?

Mr. Holt is radioactive!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/16/radiation-found-on-lester-holt-nbc-japan_n_836465.html

I knew there was something sizzling around that man! He’s “hot” in more ways than one. Perhaps the glow he exuded the other evening during his report was, in truth, the crackling of uranium and friends emanating from his body. Or at least from his shoes, bouncing up to his face, highlighting that nifty scarf.

Shall we flog nuclear energy and the future of disintegrating, older plants worldwide that leak radiation EVERY DAY under “normal” circumstances? Sure. Why not? The endangered Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant is 40 years old. Kinda like an old car that requires constant maintenance, is potentially unreliable in an emergency - prone to untimely breakdowns when hit with bad weather.

Here is my opinion on nuclear power anywhere: Stop it! Find another way. Get real.

Anything so toxic as nuclear power isn’t worth a possible massive contamination of any country. Build them anywhere - on a fault, away from a fault or towns and heavily populated cities - and it remains an unsafe source of energy. No place to dump the waste. Yadadada. Bad idea. Boo. Hiss.

If we’re going to continue to pollute the world, then let’s revisit the past for hints to the future: Native American Indian smoke signals were effective. The worst thing that could happen if their fires went awry was – a fire.

That’s all she wrote – today.