by iiivix

Created on: December 15, 2007

Confronting global warming involves reducing green house emissions to zero. Since a nuclear plant gives off water vapor it should be scrutinized. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas contributer. We can use nuclear plants cleanly but they aren't necessary to the global warming effort.

Moving more to solar, wind, and water generator use is our best bet for zero pollution energy. As more of these free energy plants are constructed our greenhouse emissions will be reduced. Hopefully we can reduce all emissions to zero. Nuclear plants beside water vapor have one major environmental problem, nuclear waste.

Nuclear waste takes billions of dollars to dispose of and is a danger to our environment if not properly disposed of. This waste can be recycled but its costs are too high to justify it currently. Also oil production accounts for eight million tons of radioactive waste in the US every year.

If we truly want to confront global warming we need to phase out nuclear power plants. Otherwise the high economic and environmental costs will take its toll. There isn't enough justification for the continuation of nuclear fission endeavors.

No more nuclear fission plants or our planet dies.

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