By the way, Mr. Sanjeev, if the farmers were to grow JATROFA, rather than food crops, where do you think is our food production going to come from. Instead of nuclear fuel, we may then be on the track to import foodgrains. Besides, JATROFA will not necessarily generate electricity for most farmers as their farm lands are small. A better idea is to develop solar technology, wind technology and so on. I can understand that people have plusses about nuclear energy, but the most basic issue is that of sovereignty.
U.S. is a country which in the name of promoting democracy has propped up dictators like Musharraf and kangaroo democracies like Iraq. Hence to believe US is like to shoot yourself in your own mouth, own foot and own head. I am totally against communists (for Nandigram, Buddhadev should resign or be hanged till death), but the point is that nuclear energy won't help much. Another idea can be to develop gobar-gas plants as we have a large number of villages and they can be taught this method to produce cheap electricity. If not one village, a group of villages can combine together, which can ensure that villages get enough electricity for irrigation and other domestic purposes. Such plants can be constructed in cities as well to ensure that organic wastes are properly utilised.
