Nuclear power is not necessary. It is not sensible. It opens great risks for small returns that can be much more easily achieved in other ways. It is a gift to the terrorists, a robbery from the taxpayers, a diversion of resources away from better and far more proven technologies that could meet all of our energy needs safely, and a serious threat to the well-being of future generations.
Entries Tagged as 'poverty'
Negroponte/Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing Countries
October 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Abundance and Prosperity, People Helping People, Social and Economic Justice, Web 2.0/Social Media, poverty
Horace Mann, founding President of Antioch College, famously said “Be ashamed to die until you have won one victory for humanity.” Neither Nicholas Negroponte nor Iqbal Quadir will ever have to worry about shaming themselves in front of Horace Mann’s ghost.
These two M.I.T. professors have both made substantial contributions in developing countries, bringing life-changing technology [...]
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Physicians: 45,000 Americans Die Each Year for Lack of Health Insurance
September 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics, Social and Economic Justice, Uncategorized, poverty
The Harvard-based researchers found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from a 25 percent excess death rate found in 1993.
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Bushonomics a Disaster for Poor, Middle Class
September 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Politics, poverty
Not only did George W. Bush preside over the largest destruction of wealth in history, he also left the poor and middle class reeling, even before the Wall Street collapse. So says a new Census Bureau report that shows, according to the Atlantic Magazine article about it:
While Bush was in office, the median household income [...]
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