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FighttheFuture

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45. Or we'd be awash in more 3 Mile Islands and Fukishimas. Nuclear is not a viable option to pursue.

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 12:40 PM

Jun 2016

The costs are astronomical and are never recovered and left on the backs of the taxpayers and the resultant waste if far to toxic for way too long to even bother tolerating.

There are better options, especially today.

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Oil train derails near Mosier in Columbia River Gorge [View all] alp227 Jun 2016 OP

Oil train derails, catches fire near Hood River mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2016 #1

That's my old territory in the 1990's Gore1FL Jun 2016 #4

Just up river wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #12

That is a perfect photo wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #14

Yes, it is a beautiful area CentralMass Jun 2016 #28

Damn! classof56 Jun 2016 #2

What do you mean by that last sentence? Brickbat Jun 2016 #5

They want to run those trains thru Seattle like the billions of tons of coal we now see. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #3

Would you rather it be used here StarTrombone Jun 2016 #6

We are selling a major energy source cheap and you think it's for jobs? First of all there rhett o rick Jun 2016 #8

Coal doesn't just jump out of the ground and into the train StarTrombone Jun 2016 #9

Not really Kelvin Mace Jun 2016 #10

Exactly wallyworld2 Jun 2016 #13

You are correct rhett o rick sorefeet Jun 2016 #23

There are two kinds of good jobs trudyco Jun 2016 #24

A clean, sustainable environment and jobs are not mutually exclusive. beardown Jun 2016 #11

Yep, threatening job loss is a very Republican tactic. /nt trudyco Jun 2016 #25

That is what we have been hearing for most of my life and jwirr Jun 2016 #17

We did start in the 40's StarTrombone Jun 2016 #19

Sure, sure sure RobertEarl Jun 2016 #20

Um trudyco Jun 2016 #26

Thank you for allowing the nuclear waste to be buried in your backyard....now if only Tikki Jun 2016 #30

Do you live downstream from an actively leaking nuke site? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #32

Actually I live within the 1st ring of the Palo Verde Nuclear facility StarTrombone Jun 2016 #36

So you don't have nuclear waste leaching into your ground water? passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #38

Someday...was over 60 years ago. Tikki Jun 2016 #39

Are you on the correct message board? Nuc's are terribly expensive. Do you know how much rhett o rick Jun 2016 #34

The Nuclear Option Could Be Best Bet to Combat Climate Change StarTrombone Jun 2016 #40

Wrong on so many counts. The cost of building a nuc power plant is cost prohibitive. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #41

Oh who to believe StarTrombone Jun 2016 #46

Yes an article written from the view point of "experts" that have financial biases for nuclear. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #47

Or we'd be awash in more 3 Mile Islands and Fukishimas. Nuclear is not a viable option to pursue. FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #45

"livelihoods!" Really?! Not every job is worth preserving. It woudl be better, and cheaper to FighttheFuture Jun 2016 #44

The coal dust from those trains is not good for the Gorge either. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #31

K&R felix_numinous Jun 2016 #7

Tar Sands oil from Utah? Dont call me Shirley Jun 2016 #15

humanity is suicidal & stupid. pansypoo53219 Jun 2016 #16

I just realized the acronym for that is H.I.S.S. Haha. /nt trudyco Jun 2016 #27

This was bound to happen eventually. HuckleB Jun 2016 #18

I presict elljay Jun 2016 #21

Live by the oil Punx Jun 2016 #22

That is going to be a big mess...wonder if we will still see the after-math.... Tikki Jun 2016 #29

This picture shows how close it is to the windsurfing in Hood River. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #33

The fire is still burning with no end in sight. nm rhett o rick Jun 2016 #35

I was told they needed it to just burn itself out. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #43

for god's sake EndElectoral Jun 2016 #37

some good news passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #42