A collage where we hear Bill Gates speak of his hopes for a nuclear future (Apr. 2010) and our Pres. speak in the same vain, post Fukushima in his case. And these guys are looked up to?! All woven in with past reports of the actual horrors offered by such a power source, with supportive music throughout.
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Though many of the negative comments are from the 90s they are still pertinent today, nothing has changed concerning the deadly effects of this power source. Plenty of good links listed below.
Commentary by: Bogus Red monitor reporting from Three Mile Island Revisited - (0:00 - 0:21) Bill Gates- - I love nuclear pieces from Utube â heavily edited - (0:43 - 1:54) Ralph Nater comments on nuclear proponents from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power â (2:21 - 3:34) Obama nuclear speech experts from Utube (3:52. - 4:21) Nukes are not a good deal for Global warming from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power - (5:15 - 6:39) Nuclear medical specialist comments from Into Eternity - (7:50 - 9:29) TMI Licensing prohibited consideration of severe accidents from Three Mile Island Revisited â (11:02 -12:06) No such thing as a safe reactor from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power â (12:06 - 13:37) Comments on nuclear energy policy from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power â (16:05 - 17:49) Going door to door finding cancers from Three Mile Island Revisited - (20:23 - 21:47) Likelihood of a severe plant meltdown from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power â (21:46 - 22:40) Peter Bahouth of Green Peace comments from The Push to Revive Nuclear Power â (28:04 - 30:00)
Music (complete or excerpts): Foolish Dreams and Dark Desires (several excerpts throughout) - Rob Lutes I Don't Know Enough About You - Pam Rose Everyday Life Has Become A Health Risk (excerpt) â Michael Franti We Almost Lost Detroit - Gil Scott Heron & Brian Jackson Karen Silkwood Cantata-edited â Artist's to End Cancer
FX or short supportive segments: Red Pill Intro â VR/Matrix Misleading nuke commercial parity (partial) via Utube She never got there - Silkwood Original Trailer â Utube
URLs of note:
Bill Gates: I love nuclear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbq_KdPzjE
EnviroVideo presents Enviro Close-UP with Karl Grossman http://blip.tv/envirovideo-presents-enviro-closeup-with-karl-grossman
Three Mile Island Revisited (1993) http://blip.tv/envirovideo-presents-enviro-closeup-with-karl-grossman/three-mile-island-revisited-4917737
The Push to Revive Nuclear Power (1991) http://blip.tv/envirovideo-presents-enviro-closeup-with-karl-grossman/the-push-to-revive-nuclear-power-4981439
The Karen Silkwood Cantata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhXSS5p6-YI You have to get past the terrible intro!
Union of Concerned Scientists http://www.ucsusa.org/nuclear_power/
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