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Friday Funny: Nuclear Edition

From federal Green Party riding executive Patrick Metzger, via Torontoist: The Ontario government will spend around $27 billion on nuclear power between now and 2025 in a bid to keep the lights on in the province. If history is any … Continue reading

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Nuclear Still Not Safe

Aside from all the other reasons, two more news stories today remind us that nuclear power still is an unwise and dangerous investment. In Germany, the BBC reports: German Mishaps Put Nuclear Power under Scrutiny The company at first said … Continue reading

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As If It Wasn’t Expensive Enough

As if nuclear power wasn’t expensive enough, $1.2-million of Ontario tax dollars have gone into marketing it and other forms of generation. [Ontario Power Generation] has dramatically stepped up the advertising that promotes various electricity sources. In 2004, it spent … Continue reading

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Arguments Against Nuclear Power

I randomly came across this website the other day. It took me a little longer than it should have to realize it was a sarcastic joke, but once I got there I was quite amused. Ilovenukes.ca (which appears to be … Continue reading

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