<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I'm afraid I don't have the authority to speak for France.<br><br>I think we should create more base energy with more nuclear plants, and *also* invest in wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, wave power, and any other type of power we can find. We're going to need the energy.<br><br>Paul<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 7/8/09, Tom Hansen <i><thansen@moscow.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Tom Hansen <thansen@moscow.com><br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Idaho Governor Otter Asks US Energy Secretary Chu About the Future of Nuclear Energy<br>To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter@yahoo.com><br>Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020@moscow.com>, "Ted Moffett" <starbliss@gmail.com><br>Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 2:34 PM<br><br><div
class="plainMail">Paul Rumelhart stated:<br><br>" . . . the half-life of the waste by-products would be reduced to decades<br>instead of thousands of years. The waste is more manageable . . . "<br><br>That certainly explains why France wants to dump their nuclear waste right<br>here in Idaho, instead of Nevada where the locals are up in arms over<br>their current pile of "manageable" nuclear waste, or at home in France<br>where . . . uh . . . uh . . . why isn't France securing their own nuclear<br>waste, Paul?<br><br>Why not create energy with windpower . . .<br><br><a href="http://www.windpowerexpo.org/" target="_blank">http://www.windpowerexpo.org/</a><br><br>The waste produced by windpower is far more manageable, probably because<br>there isn't any.<br><br>And, besides, this gives me an opportunity to share my favorite song from<br>"Paint Your Wagon" with y'all . . .<br><br>"They Call the Wind Maria"<br><a
href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Wind_Maria.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Wind_Maria.mp3</a><br><br>Seeya round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>and the Realist adjusts his sails."<br><br>- Unknown<br><br><br></div></blockquote></td></tr></table>