[quote]I agree that Iran is a sovereign nation with the right to pursue its own "energy" policy[/quote]
I don't like the aber rattling, either. I think Bush would have to be completely retarded to invade yet another country.
To be fair though, Iran is pursuing "uranium conversion" wich means turning it into plutonium. Wich has approximately 0% safe "energy" use. You use plutonium to make bombs, not reactors.
While I suppose there is no reason a plutonium based nuclear "breeder" reactor could not be used to generate electricity, its roughly 10x more hazardous to run for MUCH less than 10x as much electricity.
It also has the major side effect of turning normal uranium into weapons-grade plutonium.
--Dracul, who thinks our current foreign policy is being set by people too stupid to work in the Bush SENIOR Administration.
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I don't like the aber rattling, either. I think Bush would have to be completely retarded to invade yet another country.
To be fair though, Iran is pursuing "uranium conversion" wich means turning it into plutonium. Wich has approximately 0% safe "energy" use. You use plutonium to make bombs, not reactors.
While I suppose there is no reason a plutonium based nuclear "breeder" reactor could not be used to generate electricity, its roughly 10x more hazardous to run for MUCH less than 10x as much electricity.
It also has the major side effect of turning normal uranium into weapons-grade plutonium.
--Dracul, who thinks our current foreign policy is being set by people too stupid to work in the Bush SENIOR Administration.