which sits on the water supply of MILLIONS, lake michigan, yeah no more nukes.
it's not just the mining, tho that is the part nn hears.
i have a bigger peeve w all the concrete. i used to work construction. i know how thick those reactor walls are. concrete is one of the dirtiest things on the planet.
and you cant cry about steel for turbines, if you arent weighing all the steel in those walls. it's not insignificant.
i'm all for clear eyed, cradle to grave analysis of any energy source. yes, there is a lot of silicon on my roof. and aluminum rails. the magic power fairies did NOT drop in on my roof from heaven.
but i am very well aware of the fact that the planet is burning. it's why i run my farm to way i do, no matter how many people dont like this bit of wild in the middle of the block. (more do, just to be clear. but there's alway 1 or 2, ask any urban farmer.)
in fact, those rare detractors get just those word- i smell the planet burning, do you?
then i tell them how and why they should kill their lawns.
and com ed is chipping in on this. enough people who power their own shit, and they might not need the next nuke plant. they are pushing it fairly hard.
it's not like i even have the choice of doing nothing. comed is so hooked up, they get what they want. i have a chance to get away from those dirty bastards, and that's a plus, too.
i.just.cant.do.nothing. not when i have the resources to do otherwise.
comed's nuke plants will be on fire long before my stone house. that this is good for my bottom line matters, but it isnt why i did it. in fact, i did not even sit down and really demand all the numbers. whether i come out at the end of the life cycle, it doesnt matter. what matters is i could be a producer instead of a 'useless eater' on the gird.
i feel obliged to invest in that. i have kids. i have a huge family w little ones that get this place when we are all gone.
doing nothing is just not an option.
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