From: "Robert G Lewis" 

There are time I definitely like the way you think .

Bob Lewis

"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:51:09 -0400, "Robert Comer"

> wrote:
>
> >Gak, I agree with you on this one.  ;-)
>
> Under pressure from the nuclear power industry, powerful at that time, and
the
> local NIMBY types it was decided to dump all our nuclear wastes into a
hole in
> the ground in the desert wastes of Nevada.
>
> It was and remains a thoroughly dumb idea, especially in an area
historically
> subject to massive earthquake activity. That waste should be stored
locally in
> earthquake-proof facilities at the expense of the local power companies.
They
> should never have been allowed to suppose that they could divest
themselves of a
> problem they created by simply dumping it elsewhere at public expense.
>
> There is nothing new about this criticism, of course. More sensible people
were
> voicing it when Yucca was first proposed. Nothing has changed. It remains
a dumb
> idea and Yucca should be shut down. What should then be done with the hole
that
> has already been dug? Use it to dump all the Republicans who are going to
be
> thrown out of office in November. 
>
>
>

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