[moe.ron]

I was just answering your question about "Why the heck would a country so rich in petroleum be looking for nuclear energy unless it was to produce weapons?" Did not intend to say that they would not try to used it as weapons. I know Indonesia is looking into nuclear energy to boost their electrical powers. It is much more efficient and enviromentally safer (notwithstanding a melt down, which is why you want to make sure professionals and not nike type workers running the show) to have it.

Of course not all is rosey. What nuke boosters play down of course is the fact that the waste from nuclear power plants stays deadly for a quarter-million years and must be disposed of somehow. The hundreds of plants around the world are producing tons of this stuff every year when just a few micrograms of plutonium in your lungs is enough to kill you. Transporting the stuff to disposal sites is highly risky, so you also have to trust those in charge of handling it never to have an accident. Can you say Chernobyl, by the way?