Response to Harvey Wasserman

Harvey Wasserman's come out with a new video in support of the NukeFree.org movement. Unfortunately, it was just as misleading or uninformed as the first one. Here's another point-by-point rebuttal.

I tried to keep as much of Mr. Wasserman's original video as I could to be fair, but I was already not able to fit in as much information as I wanted to and still stay under 10 minutes. There are a few sections clipped out, but you can compare mine to his and see if you think any of my editing was malicious.

Something that I hadn't found before I made the rebuttal video...

http://www.amnucins.com/Home.html

Contrary to Mr. Wasserman's claim in his video, the nuclear industry can and in fact does get private liability insurance. This is one of the private insurance organizations providing it.

As always, I don't work for the nuclear industry. The closest industry tie I have is an uncle who works for General Electric's nuclear energy division. I'm just a student with a few opinions and some facts to back them up.

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[Cr8Joi]

While the nuclear reactors themselves release few greenhouse gases, the nuclear fuel cycle is a significant contributor. In 2001, 93% of the nation's reported emissions of CFC-114, a potent greenhouse gas, were released from the U.S. Enrichment Corporation, where uranium is enriched to make nuclear reactor fuel. These facilities are so energy intensive that some of the nation's dirty, old coal plants exist just to power the nuclear fuel facilities.

[kuronekoyama]

That would be great, except that: A) According to the IPCC 4th Assessment Report, page 141, only 0.009 W/m^2 of radiative forcing is caused in total by CFC-13, CFC-114, CFC-115, and the halons put together. This is compared to 1.66 W/m^2 for CO2 and 0.48 for methane. B) USEC has been in the process of phasing out CFC-114 since 1995, sealing leaking pipes, and building new centrifuge designs that don't require halocarbons for cooling.

[kuronekoyama]

In other words, the effect is negligible to begin with, and the company is already working to fix the problem.

[Secretservicedentist]

Why do I have a feeling that other companies that produce other forms of energy have a hand in anti-nuclear propositions. I somehow have a feeling that anti-nuclear groups aren't the only ones lobbying against nuclear energy.

[pixman83]

I just want to know where Wasserman keeps getting this "millions" number from:

According to the WHO Chernobyl will only end up killing less than 4,000 people. 10 times that number of people die in the US from car accidents each year.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined killed less than 250,000 people. Outdoor urban air pollution kills over 800000 people yearly.

With over 11,000 reactor years, nuclear energy looks pretty safe to me.

[pixman83]

@RPenta So it shoots magic bullets... What's the enhancement value? It needs to be at LEAST a +3 to interest me.

[RPenta]

@pixman83 You should know, tool of industry.

I have a Mannlicher Cancano rifle that shoots magic bullets I will let you have it for a good price although those fools Penn and Teller offered me a lot of money for it-don't worry-it is authentic-it was never fired by Lee Harvey Oswald.

[pixman83]

@RPenta You are so devastated because you are so thin skinned. Being wrong hurts, get over it.

[RPenta]

@tastysalad Yes all the people near the Fukushima plants (or as close as they can now get) agree with you whole heartedly. Did you also predict a glorious victory for America in Iraq?

[RPenta]

@kuronekoyama You can start by being intellectually honest.

[RPenta]

@pixman83 "Conspiracy Theories"??OMG you have devasted me, you pathetic excuse for a human being.

[RPenta]

@pixman83 Assuming OBL had anything to do with the 911 attacks, his degree in civil engineering would have caused him to realize that crashing two passenger airplanes into two buildings would not have caused three buildings to vaporize.

[pixman83]

@RPenta So you've moved from discussing the science and facts of nuclear energy to conspiracy theories that have NOTHING to do with the matter at hand. Somehow I'm not surprised.

If thats the best you can do, then this pathetic excuse of a conversation is over.

[RPenta]

@pixman83 You assume, asshole, that the targets of the 911 attackers were interesting in targeting things other than what they targeted---and whom do you assume "they" were; no direct info the OBL was directly involved in planning the attack or target selection. Do you want me debate me on 911, tool of the ruling class?

[pixman83]

@RPenta Because OBL had a degree in Civil Engineering and knew that attacking a nuclear plant in that manner would accomplishing NOTHING of significance.

Given that on 9/11 Flight 11 overflew the Indian Point reactors (located both upriver and upwind of NYC) while Flight 175 flew ~2 minutes away and they chose NOT to hit it shows the terrorists were smarter than you.

Maybe they had seen one of these videos which have been around for decades: watch?v=fC_RQLqbZGo