MELTDOWN JAPAN. BYE BYE PLANET EARTH?

Ask the people of Chernobyl what they think of nuclear power.

I have contended, from the very beginning of this blog, that our planet may be in in its final decades.

Not that I authored this notion: Better minds were responsible for that. But I looked at the scoresheet and decided these people were right.

The two greatest threats to our existence are environmental collapse (use any of the terms for this you like), or nuclear catastrophe.

Anyone who still doubts climate change -- one of the leading threats to the biosphere we inhabit -- should really just, I dunno, READ. Start with anything by Dr. James Hansen, the NASA climate guru that the last Bush administration tried to censor.

Anyone who doubts that nukes could wipe us out should learn to, well, COUNT. There are enough nuclear warheads in existence to blow us to hell many times over -- by far the greatest number are in the United States, a country that is concerned about the nuclear goings-on of countries like Iran and North Korea.

Which is kind of like Charles Manson doing a TV ad advocating gun control. Especially since the ONLY country ever to use nukes on anybody is the United States; when we bombed God out of -- you guessed it -- Japan. (And remember: As long as human beings are involved, there is the possibility of human error. In other words, it wouldn't take a war to start a nuclear holocaust.)

What's going on in Japan right now brings both of these issues somewhat together. As nuclear power plants teeter on the edge of meltdown -- with the full catastrophic consequences being anyone's guess -- how can anybody claim that nuclear power is a sensible alternative to fossil fuels? Nuclear reactors, which dot the United States, are potentially unstable and very vulnerable to attack. Ask the people of Chernobyl about the reality of these things; forget about what governments try to jam down your throat.

We need to use clean, safe, alternative power. Wind, sun,water. I live in Las Vegas where the venal bastards who run the place have about 20 squillion miles of insanely bright commercial lighting burning every day of the year. What this city SHOULD be known for is being the prototypical solar city. After all, it is in the Mojave Desert and the sun blazes almost all year round.

I need to stop here. Long-winded blogs aren't the way to go. But you get my point and I'll elaborate more from time to time.

But please, as always, seek the truth... then trumpet it! Your kids will thank you.

Take care,
Adrian

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