Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Seed offers a debate about competing energy technologies. My favorite is from Gwyneth Cravens, the nuclear power advocate:

And as far as pollution goes, 120 million tons of unregulated coal fly ash pours into thousands of American slurry pits each year. It contains toxic heavy metals and enough U-235 to run all of our 104 power reactors. Coal pollution exposes people within 50 miles to low-dose radiation—about 100 to 400 times greater than from a nuclear plant.

But several contributors disagree with her, and they have some good arguments. So make up your own mind.

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