Don't forget the 10th congressional district debate at 2pm! I'm still waiting to see if there's enough interest/motivation/chutzpah to make an appearance wearing a certain outfit.

Where is this? Do you have a link?

"Dangerous and deadly" nuclear power? Yeah, to the same people that are afraid to fly because it is so horribly risk-ridden (eye roll).

If you want to wipe out carbon producers fast, nuke is a major card to play. I'd hate to hear about those nasty hydroflouric acid (used in microfabrication, i.e., solar panels) spills that can do so much damage to the world. Note: Hydrofluic acid injures bone before you can detect exposure!

If practicality demands that I make allies with people that believe a single book can tell them how to live their lives, then it better damned well demand that we make some peace with a discipline that has tried for 30 years to make itself a part of the overall solution.

Oh, yes and ...

'Bekaaaaawk!'

Of course, might I add that I do *not* believe that now is the time to deal with nutjobs. Evidence above all.

someone on the feed just said "I'm opposed to nuclear power b/c global warming is a fact."

I should also point out that I am against yield signs because I like hamburgers.

Jules,
http://www.atlantapressclub.org/events/event.php?id=66

Shelby, please please please bust out the chicken suit.

You know I don't pay as much attention to these matters as y'all, so I'm just now reading that Whitehead debated Marlow just last week. Suddenly a "Where's Whitehead?" sign loses its appeal.

Somebody, help.

Come on shelby, you need to do it...

This is the "big one" and he is skipping. He also bailed on the Athens Press Club debate last week.

Plenty of good "Where's Whitehead" to go around.

Shelby dude... it's 14th street and seriously you'd be a stand out! You think those folks driving by would know?

Just do it.

Alright. For Christ's sake somebody come be nice to me.

And take a picture, in case the MSM forgets to.

Off to campus to make a posterboard. Hope I can find parking close to the GPB studio. Be there ~ 1:30.

I am so damn jealous! I got chicken suit envy!

I am so damn jealous! I got chicken suit envy!

My bad, one computer with two users.

"I should also point out that I am against yield signs because I like hamburgers."

FTW

I hope Grayson got Shelby on tape. I got stuck on the phone and by the time I got over there with a camera it was too late. They were all already inside.

Pardon me, but did I miss the announcement that a solution has been found for neutralizing nuclear waste? Musta missed that.

I went to the PSC Hearing today and made my brief statement against the proliferation of nuclear power plants.

There were serious, respectable people there today speaking out against nuclear power. Business people (like me); Professors from University of Georgia and Georgia Tech; Professionals from Emory University; a State Senator. We're not talking all granola and tie dye here.

Oh, and by the way - NOT ONE citizen was there supporting nuclear power.

"Oh, and by the way - NOT ONE citizen was there supporting nuclear power."

That's because he's currently dressed in a chicken suit standing in front of GPB.

OMG is that thing hot.

Sorry I missed you, Mel. I ran late with the sign-making -- my hand was actually kind of shaky with excitement and I wound up screwing up the first sign and had to redo it -- so I didn't get to the damn thing till like 1:45 or so. A small handful of people saw me in the lobby and the Fox5 news guy came out and got some footage of me on the sidewalk so watch their news. I went to get a big cold beverage at the gas station and came back at 2:45, at which point I didn't have access to my cell phone (chickensuit needs pockets) so missed your tweets.

As for nukes...well, I'm no fan of the lack of a waste disposal plan myself, and barring any major technical breakthroughs don't see it as a long term solution. But I do think it would be a good mid-term way to reduce fossil fuel use and carbon emission for the next, say, 50-100 years tops, by which point we'll hopefully have another brilliant idea, as well as a better hole to bury a century's worth of waste or a better mitigation process to break down the isotopes. The problem is the amount of time it currently takes to get reactors up and running (with the regulatory process & appels), I think it's even too late for them to be a mid-term solution. I'm trying to evolved webbed feet and gills, myself.

Wow, webbed feet and gills. A duck suit would get you halfway.

"Pardon me, but did I miss the announcement that a solution has been found for neutralizing nuclear waste? Musta missed that."

I'm always open to arguments along that line. But it's hardly the same as the portrayal of nuke power as so inherently dangerous that we can't have any of it around.

However, if we are going to bend a knee into that curve of emissions growth, I'm after using every weapon in the arsenal. And the nuclear option has gigawatts available tomorrow, which is what we need to stop the growth of coal and other fossil fuels.

Wind and the rest are great and undergoing exponential growth. But twice zero is still zero, so it's going to take a little time to get those installations and manufacturing base up.

So, what I'm saying is that nuclear is bubble gum and duct tape for now (although transmutation may change the whole game). Also, if you can get the political problems (read: us) out of the way, closing the fuel cycle also helps cut down the waste problem quite strongly.