Britain to build Europe's first nuclear plant since Fukushima

[wundermaus]

23. So many assumptions... I am sad for you.

You think you know it all.
You think you are a scientist, too?
Maybe you are.
Maybe you are not.
I could care less.
I'm no scientist... but if I were, I would know that there is more that I don't know than what I do know.
If I were a scientist I would be humbled, and in a state of awe and wonder:
To think I know something when we could just as well know nothing at all.
Seems strange to be lectured to like a child that I know nothing of science, of physics, of technology.
It amuses me that so many assumptions are made and so little is truly known.
We don't need to make electricity by splitting atoms... or fusing them together.
We have everything we need already.
The sun is our ultimate source of energy in this solar system.
Everything you and I are and ever will be is a result of that star shining on this planet.
Nature is generous to those who work with her.
And she is unforgiving of those who seek to rape her.
We waste so much, surely I would have expected you to lecture me on energy efficiency and conservation.
Atomic energy seems like an ideal solution to our gluttonous appetite for energy but to me, it is as deadly and disruptive of life as anything imaginable.
I hope you reliance on science is based on more than just your mind.
I hope it is based on the love of life.
If you assume your facts of science are valid why waste your time trying to convince me?
I am not convinced you are even in the ball park.
So build your nuclear power plants.
Just remember - 3 Mile Island and Chernobyl and Fukushima are scientific fact,too.
I pray we are not around to witness the ensuing folly of such a path with so many warning signs along the way.
"Nuclear Energy - What could go wrong?" - me