Jackson Browne - NukeFree.org Press Conference

The Senate version of the Energy Bill now pending in Congress could authorize virtually unlimited loan guarantees for backers of new nuclear reactors -- effectively, a blank check, at taxpayer expense. Jackson Browne joined fellow musicians Graham Nash and Bonnie Raitt at a press conference on Capitol Hill to voice his opposition to the loan guarantees.

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[essbeep]

How will nuclear power be paid for? WHAT will be done with the waste. And what about accidents. Wasn't just ONE enough???

[essbeep]

EXACTY! Jackson Browne DOES now about nuclear power, how dangerous it is and how it can't pay for itself and there's nothing to do with the waste. PLUS he has a house that is totally off the map - run with turbine windmills and solar panels, etc. He has done HUNDREDS of charity benefits, talks to young folks, is very politically active and one HELLUVA songwriter and singer. His gift is his heart, his voice and his ability to take action where it needs to be taken.

[MrAzbp]

juscurious said "While he was playing music I got 2 engineering degrees."Well, so what?JB's impact on the world is evident and we dont know you.Don't act like goddamn clever

[essbeep]

juscurious, you state: "They are only dangerous for about 600 years" and can keep a straight face typing that? In all seriousness, I think you should spend more time listening to Jackson Browne -- you are obviously a fan or would not have even come to this video, right?

[slimhotknave]

Well done...no more needs to be said on the subject

[juscurious]

Nuclear Power will be paid for the same way any power will be paid for-by the consumers of the electricity. The spent fuel rods can be reprocessed over and over again. Once they are depleted they can be stored in any secure facility like Yucca Mountain. They are only dangerous for about 600 years but the Volume is tiny, much smaller than anyone might imagine. Besides CDC in Atlanta stores biological material that is much more dangerous, the public just doesn't know about it.

[juscurious]

If you had a serious illness would you go to someone who cares? Or would you go and see the most competent physician you could find? Caring doesn't mean "jack" . What counts is competance. Caring is fine but caring alone just doesn't do it. As I stated Jackson Brown is an uneducated fool. He knows nothing about nuclear power. People who take him seriously are even dumber than he is. I know people who use to book rock acts in SF. They tell me rock stars are the dullest knife in the drawer.

[slimhotknave]

What about the danger of attacking a nuclear facility or taking hostages? I've worked in security..just kidknap the power station manager or his family!!!! I may be naive but......

[slimhotknave]

good comment!!Jackson cares so much about the planet and people...hence all his benefit concerts and charity work....honest and straightforward guy