Four Buddhist monks have set up shop on the knoll overlooking the San Clemente Pier, and Monday they were in the midst of the third day of their six-day fast to protest the restart of the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.
"I advocated from the very first to do it here," said Brother Senji Kanaeda of the Nipponzan Myohoji temple in Seattle. "I'm Japanese, and I want to make sure [an accident like the Fukushima nuclear disaster] never happens again. We have a duty to save our mother earth."
Gary Headrick, leader of San Clemente Green, is also participating in the fast.
"These guys are amazing ― what they'll put themselves through to prove a point," he said.
Kanaeda said his Buddhist faith made it imperative that he and other followers do what they can to end nuclear power.
"Life is most sacred," he said. "Everyone has a duty and hope to keep the safety of the world for our children. Jesus Christ had the same idea, I believe."
Tuesday, the monks will break the fast, and resume it again until Friday, according to their itinerary. Next week, they'll be moving their protest north to the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant.
They will also be walking and praying in San Luis Obispo as well.
Friday, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission held a public meeting with plant officials and engineers during which the Southern California Edison executives attempted to convince regulators they had a safe plan to restart a portion of the troubled plant, which has been shuttered since January because of a radioactive steam leak.
The leak revealed the plant's steam generators were riddled with
Read about the science behind the cause of the leak and plan to restart here.
vi·a·ble adjective \ˈvī-ə-bəl\ Definition of VIABLE 1 : capable of living; especially : having attained such form and development as to be normally capable of surviving outside the mother's womb <a viable fetus> 2 : capable of growing or developing <viable seeds> <viable eggs> 3 a : capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately <viable alternatives> b : capable of existence and development as an independent unit <the colony is now a viable state> c (1) : having a reasonable chance of succeeding <a viable candidate> (2) : financially sustainable <a viable enterprise> Meaning to me , Solar, Wind and Ocean wave energy to name a few. And yes there will always be those who disagree we all are entitled to our opinions, the beauty of free speech. I clearly have a different opinion than you do. I hope this answers your question
If you want to be energy independent ,, do it right .. get off the grid ... put a properly rated PV system on your roof .. have a bank of batteries and a backup natural gas fired generator .. get off the grid .. you will always have to have that generator fire up ... so will it be if solar and wind is tried as a baseline electric mode .... it just cant work ... solar and wind is not constant .. but the demand is ...
Spain is reeling because of it's push for green energy ... and we here in the US are doing the same exact thing expecting different results ... that is insanity ... http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/finance/2011/november/spains-green-disaster-a-lesson-for-america/
That's what you wrote and it is theoretically, practically, and mathematically false.
There is a big difference between "possible" and "viable". Think about phrases from your definition: capable of living capable of surviving capable of growing capable of working, functioning, or developing adequately capable of existence and development as an independent unit having a reasonable chance of succeeding Are any of these true when they are not economically feasible? My answer is "no", which makes none of them viable as an alternative to 24/7 nuclear. Only as additions and alternatives to augment a 24/7 generation system that today must include Nat Gas and in my opinion should also include nuclear as the only clean 24/7 alternative.
The Democrats are closing coal powered, nuclear powered, petroleum powered, and hydro powered electricity generating plants. Unit #1 of San Onofre has already been closed. Even excepting a heavy demand use like aluminum, reasonable generation to run businesses, heat or cool and light residences, and the many other needed affordable and reliable uses of electricity must be available for a community to operate, be productive, and promote safety. If efficient and safe advanced technology thorium reactors were built, then who would operate them; Southern California Edison has shown that they would not and have substituted their demand that we use less electricity than is reasonable and at prices that are unreasonable. Solar and wind are not as available, not as efficient and are intermittent. But if new nuclear units were built, inland of San Onofre and the I-5, they would be well above sea level with below sea level pipe runs to the ocean for sea water. Three two Gigawatt plants running all day every day except if one of the units was off-line for maintenance; a steady level source of electricity for San Diego County and Orange County. An engineer mentioned to me that during times of less than full optimal operating electricity demand the station could produce potable water for the two counties.
A thorium reactor would be cheaper, safer, and more efficient than even uranium. One-ton of thorium has the energy equivalence of two-hundred tons of uranium or three-million five-hundred thousand tons of coal. Thorium does not produce plutonium. A thorium reactor would produce less radioactive waste. Thorium has significantly less radioactivity than uranium; radioactivity of the resulting waste falls to safe levels in hundreds of years rather than tens of thousands of years. Thorium is abundant in the United States. A thorium reactor would not need to be pressurized. Thermal efficiency would increase from 35% for uranium to 50% for thorium. And - no meltdown would occur in a crisis because the fission stoa by default. Time to build a new generation of reactor as it has been four decades since the last reactor.
The Democrats are not interested in the future. They are only interested in the present and being in power. To the Democrats life is cheap and some want to be more equal than others, the ruling class, to distance only their lives from being held of little value. Their control of our state means that the family and children, the future, is trumped. What is needed for a productive and healthy future is, at minimum, abundant clean electricity, abundant potable water, abundant academic education, and abundant private-sector entrapreneurship. Not one of these societal basics is available today in California.
We gently caress you, the Earth, our planet and our home. Our vision has brought us closer to you, making us aware of the harm we have done to the life-network upon which we ourselves depend. We are reminded that we have poisoned your waters, your lands, your air. We have filled you with the bones of our dead from war and greed. Your pain is our pain. Touching you gently, we pray that we may become peace-bringers and life-bringers so that our home in its journey around the Sun not become a sterile and lonely place. May this prayer and its power last forever. ~ Sensei Ulrich, Manitoba Buddhist Temple
Loving Father and Creator of all we come to you today deeply grateful for your creation. As we look around us we are amazed at the greatness and majesty of all that you have made. Nature around us speaks of your greatness - the vast expanse of the sky, the mountains, trees, lakes and streams speak of your great design. You have given us such beauty in the colors of the rainbow, the beauty of flowers and fields. Words cannot adequately express the magnificence of all you have created. We join in praise with the writer of the psalms when he says, 'O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth.' May we show our love and reverence to you, our Lord, by caring for all that you have created. We humbly give you praise and thanks.
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The mountains, I become part of it, the herbs, the fir tree, I become part of it. The morning mists, the clouds, the gathering waters, I become part of it. The wilderness, the dew drops, the pollen, I become part of it.
Will Rogers (1879-1935) The Navajo was obviouly noting his Intimate familiarty with the area that he made his living in.