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Million dollar jobs
In his first commentary in 1998
Returning to the dreams of the '50s
Keith Roulston continues his efforts at
representing the conscience of the
agricultural society. It is not a thankful
job but it's so much worthy of praise.
In our haste to show how smart
mankind is we always forget to pause
to take stock of what has been
accomplished. Only when the damage
becomes apparent do we wake up and
often find that there is no remediation.
It seemed fitting to pick the
example of nuclear power and the
failed attempt to use it in peaceful
technology. Even though on the
surface the record of nuclear energy
generation seems pretty good, there
were quite a few occasions of near -
meltdowns like the one in Pickering
three years ago and in Japan and in
France!
Only the cloak of secrecy and open
denial of the dangers have kept the
public from open revolt against this
deadly technology. If the right
combination of errors should happen
in a CANDU reactor we could have a
Chernobyl right here in Ontario!
Even though we now are fully
aware of the dangers of nuclear power
generation — both technically and
economically — there is a strong
trend in Bruce County to ignore them
and push on with refurbishing of the
older reactors (originally slated to be
"laid up") to save, as is claimed, 2,000
jobs. The cost of retubing and
rehabilitating is officially estimated at
over $2 billion — that's 2000 million
dollars. Can anybody realistically
support to keep a person working at
the cost of $1 million each turning out
deadly waste that will endanger
generations to come with its
radioactivity?
One could question the sanity of
the people proposing it! And that goes
also with the tinkering of scientists
with biotechnology!O
S (Ziggy) Kleinau
Lion's Head, Ontario.
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Million dollar jobs
In his first commentary in 1998
Returning to the dreams of the '50s
Keith Roulston continues his efforts at
representing the conscience of the
agricultural society. It is not a thankful
job but it's so much worthy of praise.
In our haste to show how smart
mankind is we always forget to pause
to take stock of what has been
accomplished. Only when the damage
becomes apparent do we wake up and
often find that there is no remediation.
It seemed fitting to pick the
example of nuclear power and the
failed attempt to use it in peaceful
technology. Even though on the
surface the record of nuclear energy
generation seems pretty good, there
were quite a few occasions of near -
meltdowns like the one in Pickering
three years ago and in Japan and in
France!
Only the cloak of secrecy and open
denial of the dangers have kept the
public from open revolt against this
deadly technology. If the right
combination of errors should happen
in a CANDU reactor we could have a
Chernobyl right here in Ontario!
Even though we now are fully
aware of the dangers of nuclear power
generation — both technically and
economically — there is a strong
trend in Bruce County to ignore them
and push on with refurbishing of the
older reactors (originally slated to be
"laid up") to save, as is claimed, 2,000
jobs. The cost of retubing and
rehabilitating is officially estimated at
over $2 billion — that's 2000 million
dollars. Can anybody realistically
support to keep a person working at
the cost of $1 million each turning out
deadly waste that will endanger
generations to come with its
radioactivity?
One could question the sanity of
the people proposing it! And that goes
also with the tinkering of scientists
with biotechnology!O
S (Ziggy) Kleinau
Lion's Head, Ontario.
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