Reply #26: How many die from contracting cancer every year living near one?

[RestoreGore]

And people have and do get cancer from living near these plants. What was Chernobyl? Three Mile Island? What is happening at Indian Point? You bet it is dangerous, just as climate change exacerbated by fossil fuel use is, which is why I speak out against them too. Why would you assume that anyone posting this article would not agree with that? And of course, don't mention that our nuclear plants already on line are not up to snuff regarding safety regulations in many locations in this country.

NUKES in any form in my view are dangerous, and the waste they produce will kill this planet. And on what do you base your number of 450 people dying? Is that worldwide? Because I actually think it would be more when you take into account the occupation of Iraq. And more will die because nuclear power is abused as well as we are seeing with Iran, North Korea, and other countries including our own.

The point of posting this OP was not to have a "competition" between nuclear and fossil fuels, but to illustrate that those who are constantly hawking nuclear energy as some sort of savior are misleading people. Perhaps you should ask those who fought so hard to put the bosh on Divine Strake if they think nuclear energy is safe. I can't fathom how anyone can defend what has the potential to render this planet totally unliveable. I don't support the use of fossil fuels leading to what we are now seeing in this world, and I don't support the use of nuclear power.