Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009 | 2:04 a.m.
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There are residents of Nevada trying to blame Sen. Harry Reid for today’s bad economy because, of all things, he is against the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. They say funding for this project would inject millions of dollars into our state and provide hundreds of jobs to locals, but they never mention the drawbacks.
Yucca Mountain is a deep hole in which to pour money and nuclear waste. The money will disappear but the waste will remain for eternity.
If a nuclear waste repository is such a marvelous economic boon, why aren’t the states producing the nuclear waste building repositories? Why subject residents of Nevada to all the dangers of transporting and storing this waste?
Money for Yucca Mountain would be better spent creating jobs by building wind turbines and solar panel energy farms and grids to provide nonpolluting energy to lessen our dependence on foreign oil.
I sincerely thank Sen. Reid for his opposition to the very bad idea of a nuclear waste repository here.
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