....3. causes trauma to surrounding environments,
4. screws up ecologies for future generations,
5. creates potentially disastrous consequences
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Off-shore oil drilling - good or bad?
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4. screws up ecologies for future generations,
5. creates potentially disastrous consequences
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I think you make a good point about nuclear energy, JLM. I believe Canada should be looking at bringing more reactors online. After all, France has nuclear power and their energy costs are nothing compared to ours. And so far, they have had no problems with the reactors. Three Mile Island was a long time ago. It scared the bejesus out of people who then demanded that truly strigent guidelines be put in place, which they were. Since then, no problems. It can be done well and it can be done right.
As far as drilling, off- or on-shore, I have no problem as long as it is managed properly.
But then, that's just my opinion. ;-)
You strike me as being fairly sensible, I get so tired of people who are always yapping about WHAT we do instead of HOW we do it. We just have to make sure the right people are doing it and set stringent check and balances.
Yes creating jobs where people think welfare is a right would be a dangerous consequence alright. Creating jobs for future generations so they don't have to move away from where they grew up is a potentially disastrous consequence too.
And the down side is?
Why do we need jobs? Money. We need to eat, right? It'd be disastrous if we grew our own food or traded for it.
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You seem to be pretty myopic if you can't see any harm in offshore oil.
Canada has. Recently Ontario had to scrap plans to build two 1,200 MW reactors. The price tag came in at $26 billion, which would blow their long term capital budget for nuclear power, about 20 years.
This is a familiar story in other countries too. Finland is experiencing the same problem.
I'd be surprised if anyone could show me a single nuclear plant in construction, or in the planning stage, that is proceeding on-time, and on-budget. The cheap operating costs don't mean much if managers can't get financing for the huge upfront costs.
You obviously haven't met the BC Liberals yet. lol The parameters keep changing as to what's on budget or on time.
Too bad they call themselves liberals. They tarnish an already tarnished name. They are Social Discredit in disguise.
That's a lot of combined cycle gas generators too. About 4300 MW of installed capacity in combined cycle gas, compared to 2400 MW in nuclear...
I think oil in general hasn't been particularly good for Earth. It should have been left as it was. But then, I guess its a part of our evolution, along with other pollution, wars, religion, and politics. Or would that be considered devolution?
believe that it can be made safe to drill off the west coast. Jobs are needed now and if you ever spent any time on the mid coast you would know that growing food is not an option so why not trade oil for food and other essentials?
The off shore oil rigs seem pretty safe, at least no major spill's that we have heard of lately. I agree, we do need jobs and for most growing their own food is not a viable option. Trading for essential needs is the only option we have. (the other major options we have are to costly).