Japan to abandon nuclear power by 2030s: report

[madokie]

13. The fracking needs to stop

we have enough already that they're wanting to sell if overseas.
What I'm suggesting is using it as a stop gap while we get the renewables, wind, solar and geo built out, not as a solution to anything. Most of our Nuclear power plants are nearing their designed age limits and its playing with fire to use them beyond their designed parameters. metal fatigues, concrete cracks, rebar in that concrete will corrode if it gets moisture and air through those cracks, all these things point towards a catastrophe ultimately. What I'm saying is to stop using them as soon as possible and maybe stop something from happening. Nuclear energy is great during one phase of its lifespan but that is only a short time, looking at the big picture that is. When it gets out of hand as we're seeing in Japan now and we've seen in Russia before it can be a big ass problem.

What our country needs is a comprehensive energy policy, today we really don't have one and until we have one the big energy boys will control where we go and what we do, energy wise.