“At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with waste these days.' I didn't know what he meant then, but I know now.” KnowsLittlesSaidProblemEnergyQuietWasteThese DaysSenatorsCommitteesJointsAtomic Energy Author:David R. Brower
“The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should not be expected to accept it or to project it into the future in order for manufacturers and utilities to make a dollar killing now.” ShouldOrderAcceptingRiskWasteProjectsDollarsKillingExpectedUtility Author:David R. Brower
“Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're probably aware, about one in ten of our space shots doesn't quite make it out of the earth's gravitational field.” EarthSpaceSunFieldsTenWasteShotsProposalRockets Author:David R. Brower
“Is the minor convenience of allowing the present generation the luxury of doubling its energy consumption every 10 years worth the major hazard of exposing the next 20,000 generations to this lethal waste?” YearsNextEnergyGenerationsWasteMajorsLuxuryAllowingMinorsConsumptionConvenienceHazardsExposingRenewable EnergyEnergy UseEnergy Consumption Author:David R. Brower
“Some otherwise sane scientists have seriously proposed that we tuck this deadly garbage under the edges of drifting continents but how can they be sure the moving land masses will climb over the waste and not just push it forward?” MovingLandWasteMassScientistEdgesMoving ForwardClimbsSaneContinentsGarbageKeep MovingKeep Moving ForwardDrifting Author:David R. Brower
“There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium.” KindDifferentMatterSidesHalfWorstSafeWasteDifferent KindsCalculationsSimplifyPlutoniumHalf LifeRadioactive Waste Author:David R. Brower
