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fluffy - 2008-02-08

Looks like clips 2 and 3 are reversed.


sosage - 2008-02-08

Wait...did he just down play Chernobyl with "It was a one time event" and "Russians are stupid"?!?


EvilHomer - 2008-02-08

It's not really "downplaying", it's just "pointing out the facts". Now I agree that it's a bit silly to call it a one-time event (it could, and probably will, happen again in the future, and there have been other limited nuclear disasters), but the point is a good one: nuclear power has a far better safety record and has led to far fewer environmental problems than any other current serious power source.

As for Russia, I know Russian bashing is a bit passe these days, but that's a good point too. It probably wouldn't have happened had the Soviet Union been on top of things and made sure to maintain training and safety procedures. Now again, that's not to say it could never happen here, or that there couldn't conceivably be a situation in which under-trained and poorly supervised crews were allowed to shirk regulations and botch a number of processes over the course of a couple shifts, but it's not like the world is playing Russian Roulette each and every time a nuclear reactor fires up.

Nuclear power has been used for over fifty years and has only had one serious accident that entire time; you don't have to downplay that accident to recognize that the safety record of the power source is pretty damn good.


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