Diane,
Very good article. Unfortunately, we in California are becoming a Colonial power; not only do we have terminal NIMBYism, we are dictating to our neighbor states the nature of their power mix they can sell into California. What nonsense.
As the last 25 years have demonstrated, nuclear power does not need a "federally licensed facility" for nuclear waste disposal to deliver energy, although site storage is not an ideal outcome. Also, as a rate payer providing resources for one, the Federal Government has defaulted on its responsibility.
One should ask why there is not a similar storage requirement for other energy producers? After all, every other fossil energy source is putting radiation into the environment (plus a lot of other infinite half-life toxic material).
I also gaze at the Altamont wind farm from my office. Don't be on the operating table most days when the wind is not blowing. And the 24/7 backup for wind and solar is???? Ah, inconvenient questions......
In a recent Time magazine article, an editor questioned why media had engineered themselves into a corner where people would pay 20 cents for a 140 character text but absolutely nothing to read literally millions of words on a news site.
Perhaps that's where the answer lies, in twinning with phone companies, so that paid up mobile customers get free access.
And/or a Google wallet to allow micropayments - 1 cent a page perhaps?
Or be like Fox News, just make it up as you go along, and watch the ratings soar as the country's main demographic - under educated yobs get their jollies.
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In a recent Time magazine article, an editor questioned why media had engineered themselves into a corner where people would pay 20 cents for a 140 character text but absolutely nothing to read literally millions of words on a news site.
Perhaps that's where the answer lies, in twinning with phone companies, so that paid up mobile customers get free access.
And/or a Google wallet to allow micropayments - 1 cent a page perhaps?
Or be like Fox News, just make it up as you go along, and watch the ratings soar as the country's main demographic - under educated yobs get their jollies.
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