How different the world would be today if almost 40 years ago we had not been "brain washed" by The Sierra Club, GreenPeace and other so-called environmental organizations. Their lies and scare tactics turned nuclear power into a modern day "Boogie Man" and, as a result, forced us to stop building nuclear power plants.

If they hadn't succeeded, by now we would have undoubtedly replaced all fossil fuels with nuclear power...We wouldn't be using oil, foreign or domestic...We wouldn’t be at war in the Middle East…There would be no power shortages…Our electric bill would be a small fraction of what it is today…Our lakes and rivers would be clean...Our air would be fit to breath...We would all be driving cars powered by hydrogen...There would be no ugly oil platforms or windmill farms...Nobody would be worrying about global warming...Not even Al Gore ! !

Now that’s the real “Inconvenient Truth.”

Unless of course that if due to the proliferation of nuclear reactors we had more nuclear "accidents". Considering the technology and human error the risks would have been multiplied manyfold under such a scenario. I mean if there were so many reactors around in this veritable nuclear Utopia, where would all the waste go (or have gone)? By many estimates I have heard , the uranium left will only last us about half a century anyway (if true), and thats if we start building now. It would certainly be debatable whether our water supplies, lakes and rivers would be considered "clean", or at least cleaner than they are now. It doesn't matter anyway, it wasn't the Sierra club or Greenpeace that did it, I think that Windscale started the worry, nuclear weapons proliferation and 3 Mile Island added to the anxiety and Chernobyl pretty much clinched it. Nuclear fission as a technology will not (or even perhaps cannot) be used for a long term solution, just as oil cannot. Time for new ideas.

Call me dumb or naive but how hard is it to bring in large scale solar or wind power,good old shanks pony and Nanna's favourite, Waste Not Want Not!

safety record of nuclear power here:

http://www.uic.com.au/nip14.htm

Briefly, between 1970 and 1992 6400 people died in the coal power arena, and 31 for the same time period in nuclear. I think these numbers include mining accidents.

A more up to date figure for nuclear power related deaths is 56 as some of the chernobyl escapees/rescuers have since died.

We know that nuclear provides some 16-18% of electricity, yet has only 1% of the fatalities of coal. And most of the nuclear injury is related to the Chernobyl disaster, a tragedy of errors. Errors that have been learned from.

Hey Bugsy,

Apparently you're one of the "brainwashed" I was referring to. I probably should have included more facts when I started this thread.

The book I have written, NUCLEAR GREEN (Amazon.com,) proves beyond any reasonable doubt that nuclear power is the safest, least expensive method of providing the power that the world needs, and it is virtually inexhaustible.

Statistically, there are 441 nuclear power plants operating today, 103 of which are here in the United States. Many have been in operation for more than 40 years. This does not include the dozens of nuclear powered ships and submarines that also have an impeccable safety record.

Their record is unchallenged.....There have been NO ACCIDENTS OR FATALITIES in these plants or ships relative to their nuclear reactors. In fact, again statistically proven, NUCLEAR POWER IS THE SAFEST INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD.

These are not my opinions, these are facts ! We must start building new power plants NOW. And here is one of the best reasons. At the present time, worldwide, there are approximately 25 new plants under construction, there are approximately 40 new plants on order, and there at least 113 proposed that are simply awaiting final approval. BUT NONE OF THOSE ARE FOR HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OR IN AUSTRALIA!

That is disgraceful, especially in view of the fact that we are currently learning more about the terrible threats to our environment because of the pollutants the world has been putting into our atmosphere from fossil fuels. Incidentally, Your Prime Minister, John Howard, has a copy of my book. I don't know if he's read it as yet, but his office acknowledged that it had been received.

One last thought about nuclear power. There are many people, including myself, that are alive today because of nuclear power. Thousands of cancers have been cured or stabilized by nuclear radiation. In my case it was the insertion of more than 200 radioactive pellets into my prostate that saved my life.

Is it any wonder that I am a strong supporter of nuclear power?

Hey Rojo,

Thanks for bringing the website http://www.uic.com.au/nip14.htm to everyone's attention. Although I don't agree with everything they say, I've used that excellent site for much of my research. I hope everyone takes a look at it.