Little Green Lithuanians
By now, Lithuania has shut down thirty-five percent of it's power production capability.
So how is it that they'll replace this thirty-five percent of their power production capability? This information is, of course, absent from the article. Also conveniently absent is the fact that France, one of the leaders of the EU pack, gets a vast majority of its energy from nuclear power.
The article also states that the plant underwent a safety upgrade in 1991. In addition, the causes of the Chernobyl disaster are well known, and thus similar reactors can be adjusted and modified to drastically reduce the chance of a similar disaster, not to mention the fact that reactor design was a lesser factor in the disaster than human error.
The Europeans are the governments that whine the loudest about pollution and so-called "global warming." The cleanest, safest method of energy production in the world is a meticulously maintained and operated nuclear reactor. Want to reduce fossil fuels? Install more nuclear power plants. It's as simple as that.
UPDATE: Here's another article from the AFP. Still no indication of what will pick up the slack for that thirty-five percent of Lithuania's power usage now, or where the other thirty-five percent will come from when the second reactor gets shut down in 2009.
Lithuania has started shutting down one of the reactors at its only nuclear power station, in line with European Union entry conditions.
Unit One at the Soviet-era Ignalina plant, north-east of Vilnius, is to stop functioning before midnight.
It is similar to the Chernobyl reactor which blew up in 1986 in Ukraine.
The Ignalina plant - supplying about 70% of the Baltic states' energy - has two RBMK reactors, with a capacity of 1,300 megawatts each.
Lithuania, which joined the EU in May, pledged to close the entire facility by the end of 2009.
The EU has been worried about safety at the plant, which lies near the town of Visaginas. It has pledged almost two billion euros (£1.3bn) to help Lithuania close the plant.
So how is it that they'll replace this thirty-five percent of their power production capability? This information is, of course, absent from the article. Also conveniently absent is the fact that France, one of the leaders of the EU pack, gets a vast majority of its energy from nuclear power.
The article also states that the plant underwent a safety upgrade in 1991. In addition, the causes of the Chernobyl disaster are well known, and thus similar reactors can be adjusted and modified to drastically reduce the chance of a similar disaster, not to mention the fact that reactor design was a lesser factor in the disaster than human error.
The Europeans are the governments that whine the loudest about pollution and so-called "global warming." The cleanest, safest method of energy production in the world is a meticulously maintained and operated nuclear reactor. Want to reduce fossil fuels? Install more nuclear power plants. It's as simple as that.
UPDATE: Here's another article from the AFP. Still no indication of what will pick up the slack for that thirty-five percent of Lithuania's power usage now, or where the other thirty-five percent will come from when the second reactor gets shut down in 2009.
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