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		<title>Nuke is Green&#8230; Duh!?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So one of the founders of Greenpeace, an environmentalist wacko organization that does more harm than good in more ways than I could possible scratch with a solid day of typing&#8230; and will henceforth be lovingly referred to as GreenBleach, just came out of the proverbial closet in favor of nuclear power. Why? Well&#8230; because [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.negative99.com/images/tmi.jpg" rel="lightbox[196]"><img src="http://www.negative99.com/images/_tmi.jpg" width="200" height="129" alt="tmi" title="tmi" class="right" /></a>So one of the founders of <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/">Greenpeace</a>, an environmentalist wacko organization that does more harm than good in more ways than I could possible scratch with a solid day of typing&#8230; and will henceforth be lovingly referred to as GreenBleach, just came out of the proverbial closet in favor of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power">nuclear power</a>.  Why?  Well&#8230; because as it turns out it&#8217;s better for the environment.  (duh!?)  </p>
<p>The GreenBleach founder is Patrick Moore and his <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401209.html">entire article is linked here</a>.</p>
<p>Nuclear Engineers have known the environmental superiority of nuclear energy as a large-scale, safe and reliable source of energy for decades.  Most reputable scientists and citizens with common sense have also known this for decades.  So why are the greens, who are supposed to be so-called &#8220;Earth&#8217;s defenders&#8221;, the biggest opponents of nuclear energy&#8230; a curious stance which cutely and ultimately enough <strong>hurts</strong> the very dirt they worship?  Simple.  Personal politics.</p>
<p>Nuclear energy, unfortunately, is synonymous with nuclear weapons in ignorant circles (like GreenBleach)&#8230; and of course to greens nuke weapons are the phallic tools of greedy white patriarchs seeking to starve all poor children and destroy all planetary animal life.  Just using the word nuclear will send many a UC Berkley graduate into an epileptic fit worthy of an Amsterdam rave.  Henceforth anything sounding nuclear becomes a Republican plot to make more money, and thus&#8230; no matter how much environmental scientific evidence can overwhelmingly support it&#8230; out of political fervor most greens will oppose it.  But the honest ones are starting to come around.</p>
<p>This phenomenon, by the way, isn&#8217;t unique to the environmental issue&#8230; you&#8217;ll see it everywhere.  There are some scientists who, despite the evidence for some intelligent design in nature and the grave problems with a purely naturalistic evolution model, will oppose the idea of design simply because (and they readily admit this) they refuse to face the philosophical and moral dilemma of a designer.  In the same vein many oppose intelligent design (ID) not because they believe in evolution, but because evolution fits their worldview better.  If you&#8217;d prefer to do what you like without the pesky guilt trip then you embrace existentialist claptrap and fight like the devil to keep anything resembling God out of view.  This includes opposing ID in schools because they want to keep &#8220;Bible-thumpers&#8221; from re-writing their school curricula (a noble fear, I must admit).</p>
<p>But alas, I am getting onto a topic for another time.  And in reality if there were such a thing as &#8220;green conservatives&#8221; I would probably be prototypical.  So, as a nuclear engineer I applaud any green who decides to put common sense, science, and&#8230; *gulp* &#8230;the <strong>environment</strong> before politics.  Let us pray for his ostracized soul.</p>
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