The Hidden Cost of Nuclear Power

They were talking the environment and energy on Midmorning this morning, and as usual, I was baffled about why nobody ever mentions the issue of water in the context of nuclear power. What many don't know about nuclear power is that it's nothing more than an extremely high-tech and needlessly dangerous way to boil water. In goes fission, out comes steam.

A steam engine, which predates the fucking Industrial Revolution.

I'm too lazy to look up the actual number right now, but I remember reading during the summer when Georgia was experiencing a severe water shortage that something like two thirds (possibly more, but not less) of the water used in the area was used by power plants, including nuclear plants. That's a hella lotta water, and as time goes on, we will have less and less potable water to spare.

Nuclear power should be rejected for that reason alone if the other compelling reasons -- like radioactive waste that never goes away and kills you -- aren't good enough.