Quote Originally Posted by Catsnclay
Nuclear Power is SO misunderstood! Would you rather get your electricity from a coal plant burning in your area???!!!
The first part - Nuclear power is misunderstood - I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand it as well as I should. I guess the nuclear part un-nerves me because when I think about nuclear anything, I wonder about toxicity. But there are nuclear medicine applications in health care that have changed the way patients are cared for. Illinois has nuclear power plants, but I don't know how much of the whole power supply comes from them. Just don't stand near me and say 'nuke-you-lar' like President Bush does - that drives me bananas. I want to raise my hand and tell him it's nooo - cleee - yar.

Coal? That raises more questions in my mind. Coal mining is still an industry that is fraught with danger and health risks for the people who do it. Although it's been done for decades I'm not sure it is getting safer than it used to be. So, if there was a way I could get power without having to ask people to work as coal miners - that would probably be good.

I've seen photos of those farms out West with the big windmills. Solar power was popular for awhile when I was in high school but it seems to have kind of faded into the background.

Edited to add: I don't know about every company but I know that in mine we have a lot more telephone conferences than we used to. When I first started we had people coming from other offices for meetings more than we do now. We do a lot more of those by phone and on-line.