Reply #35: So, let's get started on a serious replacement for San Onofre right now.

[JDPriestly]

It cannot continue to function where it is. We probably have some years to replace it. Let's start the process. I travel past San Onofre fairly frequently. It is just too close to the shoreline. It is not safe. Generally, we don't have tsunamis in this area, but we do have earthquakes and are expecting a very large one.

San Onofre needs to be closed. It isn't a matter of whether we should close all nuclear plants.

Deciding environmental issues are a matter of weighing risks and benefits. We have to admit to ourselves that the risks of San Onofre, risks that we did not recognize before Fukishima, are just too great to allow San Onofre to continue to exist.

It is a matter of being honest with ourselves.

Who is willing to chop down the last tree on Easter Island?

http://www.google.com/search?q=Easter%20Island&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&source=hp&channel=np