FootPrints for Peace Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Disclamer ---- YouTube user Ockteby is not affiliated with or indorses FootPrints for Peace. I offer this video as a human-interest story. I am including the text from the flyer given to me by one of the members.

http://www.footprintsforpeace.net

FootPrints for Peace is a global community of friends who are dedicated to creating change through peaceful action. Our aim is to educate, inspire and empower individuals and communities in building a sustainable future. There is an estimated 23,000 + nuclear weapons in the world today. Instead of working towards disarmament, the nuclear weapons States are in fact committing millions of dollars into upgrading their nuclear weapons arsenal. This is money stolen from education, health, housing, renewable energy and other priorities needed for a peaceful society. Uranium mining is highly water intensive. Olympic Dam mine in the South Australian Desert uses 37 million liters (9.5 Million Gallons) of water a day and intends to increase this to 250 million liters (66million Gallons) a day. There is also around 100 million tons of radioactive waste tailing stored at this site. This is only one mine site. Nuclear power is not clean and green. It is dirty, dangerous, and extremely expensive. After more than 5 decades, there is still no solution to the worlds nuclear waste. We walk on average 15 18 miles a day. Please bring bikes, music, banners, & good humor. You are welcome for as long as you can a single step or for the entire walk. Please join us to carry this message to the United Nations. This will be a drug and alcohol free event. E-Mail nptwalk@footprintsforpeace.net
http://www.footprintsforpeace.net

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[kenrg]

Walking for peace is a hell of a lot better than walking for war. Thanks for sharing.

[ockteby]

I was wondering what you would say as I was doing this video, Ken

[wildbobandronnie]

I think we should just outlaw war and be done with it.

[Tapecutter59]

My $0.02

We don't have nuclear weapons in Australia and I would love everyone else to be the same. Australia prohibits exporting uranium to make bombs.

Nuclear power releases less radioactive waste than burning coal and it doesn't end up in the atmosphere like it does with coal

Olympic dam is the largest mine on the planet. The tailings are less radioactive than the ground they came from. The water is bore water that comes from the Great Artesian Basin which lays under the Aussie desert

[Amiduffer]

That fellow you interviewed sounded exhausted.