MMS should see the alternatives than be so obsessive. He can leave on other grounds but certainly not on a deal that is patently not in our interests. Even if we sign on the dotted line, the deal is not going to solve our energy problems. At most it can provide 20% of our requirements and the plants will take over ten years to run. Obviously MMS is not advised properly about the whole issue.
Uranium is following oil and what will be the cost down the road? The capital cost is huge while uranium is cheaper at the moment. But, with 1000 plants proposed by PM Brown, uranium will prove elusive.
The whole world is thirsting for renewables like solar, wind etc. Germany is at the cutting edge of solar energy research and many auto makers especially Japan are in the forefront in improving fuel efficiency. A break-through will come much before the nuclear plants can run.
We should collaborate with others on the harmless renewables than compromise our security & dignity on a lop-sided deal, unless MMS can open-up what is so great about the deal he is so obsessed about (has he signed it?). Bush is already past and the future President will have his own agenda where we can think afresh & negotiate.
We should just stop flogging the dead horse and look at the greater opportunities that lie ahead. Let us join others on a non-controversial, fossil free, future based on renewables.
MMS should spend his time on other less contoversial but more important issues.
