Thursday, January 29, 2009

Energy!!

Energy!!!!!!!!!!

I wonder how much energy this country could save if each and every city were to turn off every other street light on their streets and highways at night.

Take 58 East to West in Danville, for instance. If every other street light were turned off, would we still be capable of driving 58?

Once you hit the county line, are we suddenly incapable of driving with out streetlights?

We have always been told to turn off our lights at home because this helps with energy conservation. I think the cities should practice this effort, too.

There are so many lights burning at night that are not necessary.

We could save countless dollars, oil and uranium use by turning them off.

We are under the threat of mining for uranium in our back yard for the sake of two years of energy with uranium.

We don't seem to learn from our past mistakes. We used fossil fuels and caused serious problems with the environment.

Now we are looking for another easy fix for our energy use by mining uranium.

We, as a people, are like water. We want to take the path of least resistance.

Let's not act like we are going to fix one crisis by starting another one with mining uranium.

I can't believe we can put a man on the moon, 40 years ago but we cannot find a safe alternative energy source TODAY that will not harm theenvironment. (What about solar and wind energy?)

The only thing about uranium that lasts forever is uranium tailings which produce radioactive waste. An accident is not an accident until it happens, then it's too late.

How many times have you done something and said, "If I could only go back again."

How much will your back yard be worth if there is an accident?

It is your back yard if you are reading this paper.

Lets turn off some city lights nation wide before jumping on the uranium for-profit wagon.

Berkeley Bidgood

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Excellent letter, Mr. Bidgood is exactly right.

Also, Christmas lights decorating city streets are beautiful, but look how many are used and how long they are left on. Some towns leave theirs on all night and some are still burning theirs at this date. This is a real waste of energy.