Today is the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident in the old USSR. In the midst of the $3.00/gallon murmurrings, I sometimes hear people really fired up about nuclear energy. Nuclear accidents are just one reason why nuclear energy probably isn't a great idea. Another reason is waste disposal. Our government thinks dumping nuclear waste near Yucca Mountain in Nevada where it will render the are unihabitable for thousands of years is a great idea. Other people think it's not such a hot idea. I am by no means an expert, nor did I want to use the 20th anniversary to display my ignorance of energy policy in an uniformed editorial.
What I really wanted was an excuse to link to one of my favorite stories of all time: Ghost-town by the Kid of Speed. It's an eerie account of her motorcycle trip through the area affected by the fallout. It takes a while to read, but it's worth it.
This does point to one possible solution to our current Iran-seeking-nuclear-capabilities problem: Maybe we won't have to bomb them because they'll blow themselves up.
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