Uranium claims spring up along Grand Canyon rim

[megimoo]

"Those damn Green's are against anything we do for energy anywhere in America,screw em !! !"
 
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, ARIZ. -- Thanks to renewed interest in nuclear power, the United States is on the verge of a uranium mining boom, and no where is the hurry to stake claims more pronounced than in the districts flanking the Grand Canyon's storied sandstone cliffs. On public lands within five miles of Grand Canyon National Park, there are now more than 1,100 uranium claims, compared with just 10 in January 2003

In recent months, the uranium rush has spawned a clash as epic as the canyon's 18-mile chasm, with both sides claiming to be working for the good of the planet.

Environmental organizations have appealed to federal courts and Congress to halt any drilling on the grounds that mining so close to such a rare piece of the nation's patrimony could prove ruinous for the canyon's visitors and wildlife alike.

Mining companies say the raw material they seek is important to the environment, too: The uranium would feed nuclear reactors that could -- unlike coal and natural gas -- produce electricity without contributing to global warming.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-uranium4-2008may04,0,5607560.story

[Chris_]

I saw some bullshit show on TV last night about alternative energy.  I didn't pay too much attention to it, but it seemed to have a whole lot of complaining and no real solutions.  Coal is bad, so we shouldn't burn coal.  Some whiny bitch from Nashville took a camera up to West Virginia and filmed a bunch of people complaining about mining.  Of course, he poo-poo'ed nuclear power as well.  Never mind that modern nuclear plants can recycle and produce almost no waste of their own. 

All their tips were the usual silly shit about putting solar cells on your house and putting up windmills.  When the windmills start killing off migrating birds or the greenies find some other excuse, they'll start complaining about those.  I went and checked out the website for the show... it's nothing but a marketing vehicle for "alternative" and "green" products. 

Everything has tradeoffs and externalities.  Nothing comes without a price.

[Chris_]

Here's the website if you actually want to watch this drivel: http://www.kilowattours.org/