Bush, global warming, NYTimes, nuclear power

NYT editorial:

Empty Promises on Warming

President Bush’s Rose Garden speech last week seemed cynically designed to prevent others from showing the leadership he refuses to provide.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/22/opinion/22tue1.html
It garnered over 100 comments. None said this:

Granted, Bush has never met any opportunity he could profit by today that he wouldn't sacrifice his children's future for. And he faithfully mirrors the beliefs of a majority of folks who ironically call themselves "conservative."

OTOH it takes little courage for the New York Times editorial board to criticize a Republican.

You all could show great courage by going to bat for building nuclear powerplants--something opposed by a majority of those whose politics match those of the NYT editorial board.

Your peeps would be enraged. But you'd be right. You could point out to them that nuclear waste storage in dry casks is vastly safer than continuing to pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from coal-fired powerplants. You could point out that other advanced countries have been using nuclear power for decades safely and cleanly--that their fears are based on outdated information and shibboleths.

You could also point out that power from wind, sun, waves and geothermal vents are all great but insufficient to our needs by orders of magnitude.

Don't just pander to people's primitive fears and ignorance like the far right does. Show that you're better.

I look forward to your pro-nuclear campaign.