Reply #16: I live in Texas and worked against the Sierra Blanca site

[cjbuchanan]

I can tell you that Bush & Co. was not being honest with anyone on this matter. He told people that the site was secure and safe and that less then 1,000 people lived within so many miles of the site. All these things were lies and that is why that site never happened.

As for Dean, he needed to get rid of it and Bush said we would take it. He lied to Dean (and others, include all of Texas) concerning the site and Dean believed him.

As governor, it was Dean's responsibility to get rid of this waste. When Bush popped up and told him we have this great site down here (with hundreds of pages of official reports to back it up) just give us some money (which he wanted in order to pay for his tax cuts, sound familiar?) and let us worry about it, Dean agreed to it. Obviously the best solution is not to have nuclear energy at all, but since we do, we have to deal with it, and unfortunately Bush lied and, on this issue, Dean believed him.

One important fact is Dean has called for a lot more renewable energy in the near future. This will help us move away from nuclear energy, prevent stuff like this from happening in the future.