Thread: Uranium Mining one step closer for WA

Originally Posted by m2catter

As I have learned tonight on ABC news we are one step closer to an Uranium Mine in WA.
The last thing many people I know don't want is Uranium Mining in Australia.
So why are our politician not listening? Labour, Libs, what's wrong with you?
Whatever creates a dollar, so it appears, is good news.... well, not for me!!!!
What is your opinion on this?

I didn't know Libs were for it

Originally Posted by SiliconMagician

Uranium ore is nothing more than a rock. Hell alot of rock collectors keep a chunk of it on their desks as a paper weight. It is not environmentally worse to mine uranium than any other mineral and there is no environmental danger to people from the ore itself.

This is just eco-leftists who want to starve the world of a vital resource, that is how eco-leftists work. They figure if they hype against any type of energy that doesn't come from the sun or whatever.. then it must automatically be banned from being mined, harvested or otherwise collected to prevent everyone else on the planet from using that type of energy.

I didn't know Libs were against it

Originally Posted by m2catter

if (*)(*)(*)(*) happens and you live far away from either a Uranium mine or a nuclear power plant, things might appear easy. You might even look at them in a very rational way.
However, if you live close by, people might become emotional and right so, don't you think?

I used to live in sight (on a clear day) of a Nuclear reprocessing plant (Selafield in the North of England) but I was still able to consider the situation rationally.

I know people do become irrational about things like this (especially ones they don't really understand) but that doesn't make it a good thing and certainly doesn't justify using that irrationality to influence decisions.

Originally Posted by HonestJoe

I used to live in sight (on a clear day) of a Nuclear reprocessing plant (Selafield in the North of England) but I was still able to consider the situation rationally.

I know people do become irrational about things like this (especially ones they don't really understand) but that doesn't make it a good thing and certainly doesn't justify using that irrationality to influence decisions.

Joe,
you got your opinion, I got mine. I think we leave it there, as I don't want to lower myself on a level, telling others what they don't really understand.......
a bit more respect would be most appreciated!

Originally Posted by SiliconMagician

Uranium ore is nothing more than a rock. Hell alot of rock collectors keep a chunk of it on their desks as a paper weight. It is not environmentally worse to mine uranium than any other mineral and there is no environmental danger to people from the ore itself.

This is just eco-leftists who want to starve the world of a vital resource, that is how eco-leftists work. They figure if they hype against any type of energy that doesn't come from the sun or whatever.. then it must automatically be banned from being mined, harvested or otherwise collected to prevent everyone else on the planet from using that type of energy.

Why not book a flight to Chernobyl or Fukushima to enjoy a lovely holiday in such an unspoiled area? Surely you would have any doubts, would you?
And what has this subject to do with eco-lefties?
How come that people are denunciated as lefties if they prefer an enviromentally safer and more substainable energy source?
Nuclear power was right 50 years ago, since then the world has moved on...

Originally Posted by m2catter

Why not book a flight to Chernobyl or Fukushima to enjoy a lovely holiday in such an unspoiled area? Surely you would have any doubts, would you?
And what has this subject to do with eco-lefties?
How come that people are denunciated as lefties if they prefer an enviromentally safer and more substainable energy source?
Nuclear power was right 50 years ago, since then the world has moved on...

Cats I think you are getting mixed up between the mining and the processing. I agree with you regarding the risks involved in the stockpiling and use of the processed uranium. especially as I don't believe we have exhausted other safer options.

I reside on one of the richest uranium deposits in the world and the economic boom the mining of this stuff would create for my local community is without arguement. So why do the residents of my town and nearby communities buck up at the idea of mining this stuff ? You see many years ago there was a uranium mine just north of here called Ben Lomond ( I think I got that right ). It has since been mothballed for obvious political reasons. However toward the end of its life there was a moderate leakage of radioactive material into a creek that flowed into the catchment of a major river that provides water for thousands of people. It was classed as a environmental disaster in its day. Now I don't know if this is significant but a lot of the locals in my town believe that this leak into local waterways has been the catalyst for a massive spike in cancerous tumours and severe cancers like breast and prostate, which I must say seems to be rife within the community. For me personally the jury is out, I can only say that it is a big coincidence.

Unfortunately Cats I don't think we can stop the mining of uranium, it is sadly enough, inevitable. This is because an even more concerning problem is driving it, and no it's not greed ( this is a by product ). You see as time goes on the worlds population is expanding exponentially, especially in the lowly educated third world. Now the worlds need for food, water, and you guessed it, cheap energy will far outweigh any environmental concerns as it will become a battle for survival.

As far as uranium being innate and safe in its natural form, I am not sure that is true. Most people that worked at Ben Lomond in its day had to wear a lot of safety gear just to handle it, as it still gives off a relatively large amount of radiation. Then again it probably emits about the same as your mobile phone or the computer you are sitting in front of. The fact is, it is inevitably going to be mined. Sadly it is simply supply and demand.

Humanity is really turning into a stupid species intent on annihilating itself. Instead of making the hard decisions now to drastically reduce human population and use safe alternative energy, we would rather dig out a dangerous toxic substance from the planet and then build dangerous nuclear reactors to use this dangerous toxic stuff in.

At the end of it life, this toxic substance is going to be on our planet and be contaminated for thousands of years before its considered safe - if the scientists are correct.

Its time the people started to get their heads out of their arses and realise its not them making these poor decisions that will end up contaminating large areas on the planets with toxic waste or contaminating the people with carcinogenic substances.

It’s the greedy self-serving politicians and large companies who just want to make money at the peoples and environments expense who want this “quick fix” and at the end of the day they will be immune from whatever disaster happens, because they will have the money to buy themselves out of it, but the average person won’t be able too - we will just be left to fend for ourselves or die, just like to people of Japan and Russia had to endure if we allow these self-serving clowns to force these insipid policies upon us.

We have a big nuclear furnace right above us that churns out free power 24/7 365 days per years, and these morons want to dig up toxic substances and build dangerous nuclear reactors on our own planet.

I thought Darwin’s theory of “Evolution” stated that each new generation of a species became that little bit more intelligent and advanced, but this definitely doesn’t apply to the human species.

There is only one other species besides human beings on this planet that in an frenzied effort to perpetuate itself, it will destroy and kill its own environment, hence killing itself, and that is a virus.

Originally Posted by m2catter

As I have learned tonight on ABC news we are one step closer to an Uranium Mine in WA.
The last thing many people I know don't want is Uranium Mining in Australia.
So why are our politician not listening? Labour, Libs, what's wrong with you?
Whatever creates a dollar, so it appears, is good news.... well, not for me!!!!
What is your opinion on this?

I agree with mining uranium for use in local electricity production, and for selling it to others to produce electricity.

Originally Posted by Grrrrrrr

I agree with mining uranium for use in local electricity production, and for selling it to others to produce electricity.

That is perfectly fine, living in a democracy. I sit on the other side of the fence, but that's life.
However I would love to have a say in such important issue, as I don't trust a handful of politicians, whom I wouldn't trust my dead cat to.

Originally Posted by m2catter

That is perfectly fine, living in a democracy. I sit on the other side of the fence, but that's life.
However I would love to have a say in such important issue, as I don't trust a handful of politicians, whom I wouldn't trust my dead cat to.

I dont think I have a say in it. I just get to hope it goes ahead. The vocal anti nuke greens will probably have their way