Reply #76: My own main "objections"

[Dogmudgeon]

Nuclear power is quite promising, but it requires strict attention to the details of its operation -- like issues of security and disposal of the nuclear materials.

My fear is that a massive nuclear program in the face of a disastrous power-down will mean a large number of nukes built without even fundamental safeguards. And, in spite of the radionucleide recycling program NNadir proposes, the crisis program will simply ignore radioactive waste products, rather than recycling.

I also fear that for reasons of concentrating political and economic power over people, the use of alternative energy sources for domestic use will be discouraged. A truly decentralized system for household energy would prevent an economic collapse from becoming a human disaster. And I don't think such a program will happen until we have a sub-extinction human die-off.

The nuclear industry has been relatively very safe, in spite of the many bone-headed blunders that have been made. In a crisis program, you can count on that stupidity being amplified.

All of the decisions are being made with respect to making money off the problem. I think this guarantees more, and more lethal, problems.

--bkl