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Greenpeace's friday the 13th...

[Greenpeace] have missed the point on this one! It seems that they are confusion climate change with freak accidents! This video is nothing but shock tactics, and does not explore any of the issues that are at all important. I believe that nuclear power isn't the best idea, and I also believe that we need to invest heavily in renewalable power. Nuclear power isn't the future, thats a fact. However, the fact is we need power and heck its "cleaner" in terms of climate change than the conventional power generation methods (depends what you call conventional though, cause most use heating and turbines). The future is to be renewable and that involves the Sun!! Oh and unsightly wind turbines... but I don't mind them though they scare me, they are huge! Anyway I really think that it is unethical of them to introduce this shock tactic to a very hard to sort out issue. Plus the probablilty that a) a plane will crash and b) that it will hit the exact spot that a nuclear reactor is at, is well low! I bet there is a better chance that the dog in the video would bite that kids face off (I can be graphic as well). I'd agree though if a plane hit a reactor it would have dire consequences but their video suggests that it will have a bomb like ending, it just wouldn't as the reactor has already gone critical. It, however, would be very bad - putting radioactive material all over the place (and thats technical terminology!). I just don't think they have addressed this at all well. Maybe they should put forward the postiives of renewable energy and focus on why this is better! Heck we need lots of power and the way things currently are nuclear is the only realistic way, but we need to set it up so within 20 years we aren't relient and are working to a 100% renewable energy setup (which is unlikely, but you can dream). End of rant.

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