Comments yorkvillezendo has made

Drowning Myself...

This is a terrific article. It's surprisingly moving and really thought-provoking. I really enjoyed reading it.

What are we, people who do want children but are social-responsibility-minded, to do? It is a real dilemma, and it isn't being discussed. On Population activist David Nova took his message to the trail posted 3 years, 11 months ago 13 Responses

In defense of George...

I never thought I'd write, say, or think those words, but there they are.

George (of whom I am definitely NOT a fan) uses the words, "safe" and "clean" for the same reasons that any politician would. "Nuclear power," as a phrase, makes many many Americans shudder. Everything we've used as a large-scale energy source has had some terrible downsides. But most Americans don't wince in agony if you say the word, "coal" or "oil;" the general public nods and thinks, "That's how we do energy... there's some downsides, but that's how we do it..." These sources are generally accepted as the norm and unavoidable (although hopefully that's changing...).

Nuclear power, though, is viewed in a Cold War frame of mind about the word "nuclear."

I'm  not surprised to hear any political power feel the need to specify that, when they're talking about energy options, they're talking about the SAFE and CLEAN kind of nuclear power. Not the three-eyed fish, end of the world kind.    On Bush accentuates nuke positives, inspires malefactors everywhere posted 3 years, 11 months ago 2 Responses