Nuclear power is a dangerous energy source that creates more problems than it solves. Switching from dirty coal plants to dangerous nuclear power is like giving up smoking cigarettes and taking up crack.
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Related The proof is in the pudding. Don't let today's visit disguise the fact that the president's energy p... JASON BARBOSE We must not let ourselves be swept off our feet in horror at the danger of nuclear power. Nuclear po... DAVID J. C. MACKAY If stupid hippies hadn't killed nuclear power, we'd have nuclear power plants, safer and cheaper tha... PENN JILLETTE Fear is exactly like nuclear power. It's dangerous enough under ideal conditions. BOBBY W. MILLER Every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on clean renewable energy and one more dollar... MARK Z. JACOBSON the dangerous myth that nuclear energy is a clean alternative. IAN LOWE It's ridiculous that time and time again we need a radioactive cloud coming out of a nuclear pow... PIERRE SCHAEFFER The safest nuclear power or energy policy is to realize 'zero nuclear power.' NAOTO KAN We're in a reformation period with our nuclear program. Potentially, nuclear power is a very valuabl... CARL WALZ You don't build new nuclear-power plants for a country that's building up its military and threateni... DANA ROHRABACHER Companies that have power available for sale from nuclear plants and coal plants and that have the a... BARRY ABRAMSON The waste from power plants is essentially what is left over when you burn coal. And as we all know,... CHARLES DUHIGG We have enough dirty coal plants, and we do need to look for alternatives. No matter how you stack i... KAREN CHAPMAN I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible su... STEPHEN HAWKING A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in... ZAC GOLDSMITH The nation's energy needs will be hostage to politically unstable states unless the government's ene... DEREK SIMPSON The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is n... SIGMAR GABRIEL The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power o... MARTIN CRUZ SMITH But really what we're looking at is the source of the pollution and that is coal-fired power plants. SHANNON HARPS Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing em... MICHAEL BURGESS The only thing that really scales up apart from nuclear is solar power from other people's deser... DAVID J. C. MACKAY High-level nuclear waste is already being stored at nuclear power plants across our nation, and ther... SHELLEY BERKLEY Nuclear fusion has been explored as a potential source of power, but we are not looking at this as a... YARON DANON Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our co... WILSON GREATBATCH It is of the greatest importance that people and governments in many more countries than ours should... ALVA MYRDAL This agreement is another step Southern Company is taking to explore economical and reliable generat... BARNIE BEASLEY With Westinghouse, Toshiba will be a global nuclear power business organization committed to deliver... ATSUTOSHI NISHIDA Nuclear power cannot save the world from climate change. Returning to nuclear will simply hamper rea... DUNCAN MCLAREN The use of military force against Iran would be very dangerous. It would be very provocative. The on... RUDY GIULIANI It is a validation of the optimism that the nuclear industry has of the economic viability of nuclea... MARILYN KRAY As a nuclear power - as the only nuclear power to have used a nuclear weapon - the United States has... BARACK OBAMA Many Brazilian landfills, such as Bandeirantes, double up as power plants. So instead of causing fur... MICHAEL STERN We should not just consume hydrocarbon fuel but use it to develop nuclear energy, hydro power and re... VLADIMIR PUTIN She felt Britain should not be so dependent on coal. She was in favour of building up nuclear energy... NIGEL LAWSON Nuclear energy is a baseload - meaning it's power that you can run any time you want, day or nig... NATHAN MYHRVOLD The power of not giving up is always greater than giving up. LILY CHATTERJEE Reality is our best friend - everything indicates that nuclear power should be used more. LARS LEIJONBORG The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuousl... A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM We're not going to put a nuclear power plant where a community does not accept a nuclear power plant... BILL HABERMEYER We do have a huge problem with air pollution in Ohio and part of the reason is the power plants ... ... JANICE NOLEN We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements... A. P. J. ABDUL KALAM Until there's a practical solution for nuclear waste disposal, we believe the liabilities from nucle... CARSTEN HENNINGSEN A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us. MARGARET THATCHER Japan's power-generation equipment business, including nuclear power plants, has been shrinking as p... YASUHIRO MATSUMOTO Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear... LYNN GOOD I think we should stop using nuclear power plants because it's an old system that we can't c... HAYAO MIYAZAKI For Iran, nuclear technology is a source of national pride and a demonstration of its political and ... DARYL KIMBALL First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coa... MITT ROMNEY It is really about trust and mutual respect. It is much more than just atoms and nuclear energy. RON SOMERS Nuclear power is not an alternative to the energy problem, neither at the European level nor at the ... JOSE BOVE Nuclear power is not as volatile as gas. CARL CRAWFORD EPA believes its cap-and-trade rule is the best approach to protect public health by reducing mercur... ERYN WITCHER EPA believes its cap-and-trade rule is the best approach to protect public health by reducing mercur... ERYN WITCHER It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons. LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future. TARJA HALONEN We haven't done an honest evaluation of the role energy efficiency can play in our economic developm... IVAN URLAUB Government attempts to ban fracking should be aborted. The government should lift the burdensome reg... ROBERT ZUBRIN There is no question we need an energy policy overhaul in America. A key part of that overhaul must ... ERIK PAULSEN Jim Gibbons has maintained the status quo by supporting tax breaks for utilities to continue produci... DINA TITUS If they want to commit political suicide and take this province towards new nuclear power plants, I ... ELIZABETH MAY Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. EDWARD ABBEY Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous". PATRICK ROTHFUSS Bullying builds character like nuclear waste creates superheroes. It's a rare occurrence and often d... ZACK W. VAN There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nu... LYNN GOOD Nuclear power is a young technology - there's so much more to be discovered. That's what mak... LESLIE DEWAN A nuclear power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water. LESLIE DEWAN I definitely have more respect for the hazards of nuclear power. CHRIS HENRY The principle should be that civilian nuclear power in itself is not the problem; the problem is dan... HELLE DALE People are saying 'let's take a second look' at nuclear power. Rising oil prices means nuclear is be... WILLIAM RAMSAY As expanding economies continue to grow, the one source of energy that we can develop rapidly, cheap... CRAIG STEVENS It is possible for Japan to become the model of a society that does not rely on nuclear power. NAOTO KAN While many technological measures can be taken to secure safety at nuclear power plants, such measur... NAOTO KAN Power is dangerous unless you have humility. RICHARD J. DALEY Nuclear power is here to stay, and we need to support a strong domestic uranium industry. MICHAEL BURGESS Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix. MICHAEL BURGESS At a time when we are trying to keep countries such as Iran from expanding their nuclear programs, i... DAVID HAMILTON It's actually cheaper to conserve energy than to build new power plants. MARK STEMEN Nuclear is an option we need to give serious consideration. We're a couple of years away from saying... JOE DONAHUE The oil companies regard nuclear power as their rival, who will reduce their profits, so they put ou... JAMES LOVELOCK More than 30 of America's 100 nuclear power reactors have the same brand of General Electric rea... BILL DEDMAN The total amount of energy we use every year - from coal, oil, natural gas, hydro, nuclear, and ever... RAMEZ NAAM If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having a... LEE MYUNG-BAK We have a number of concerns regarding any increase in the use of nuclear energy in Florida. There a... GLENN COMPTON I dispute the point that nuclear energy is 'clean' and 'cost-effective'. As I recall, when we first ... E.A. BUCCHIANERI Will without Power is incomplete and power without will is dangerous when will and will power both a... HARRISH SAIRAMAN dangerous, repressive era with a man (Sharif) who has his finger on a nuclear button. BENAZIR BHUTTO The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. EDMUND BURKE We're going to need all forms of energy production, including more coal and nuclear. Despite the Bus... VICKI ARROYO Nuclear power generation has been given a thrust by the use of uranium-based fuel [which US is set t... ABDUL KALAM I really have become convinced that nuclear fusion is our energy future. It's so powerful. I mea... TAYLOR WILSON With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 per... JAMES HANSEN Nuclear scientists have always shown the country how nuclear technology can be used for increasing t... ABDUL KALAM This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. JOE BIDEN The source of desire to be driven by power and spread of influence makes its owner dangerous to its ... SIRIO BERATI The Bush administration is keen to revive the U.S. civilian nuclear industry. It seems to me the onl... BRAHMA CHELLANEY When you look at the number of nuclear power plants in China and India, we can't afford not to p... BOB LATTA Approximately 60 percent of our energy, looking at next year, will be generated by coal. The coal wi... KAREN KOLLMAN Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely diff... NAOTO KAN Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor. ERIC SEVAREID The environmental and economic costs of wind power will always keep it as a marginal energy source u... BEN LIEBERMAN
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