Author: Jerry Collamer

Representative Stephen Fincher, blondcounty
BlondCounty

BCNews Talks Farm Bill With Congressman Fincher

BCnews’ ongoing trek through the political tall grass of double-speak and self-aggrandizement, searching for that elusive nugget / needle-in-the-political haystack, called Truth. Today, Rep. Stephen Fincher, Republican of Tennessee, explains why the government needs to reduce spending on the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program that provides food to poor families.

nuclear power, science, BlondCounty
Collamer

Mapping the Pro-Nuclear Brain

Scientists ask the Pro-Nukers: “Do the positive possibilities that nuclear energy poses outweigh the negative? How would building more nuclear power plants in the US affect animals, plant life, people, and the economy? Should the US dedicate more time, money, and energy into creating more power plants or should the US try and shut down what power plants it already has?” Then they map the answers on the brain…

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, nuclear power, BlondCounty
Collamer

Freezing Fukushima: The Solution

“Utilizing new technologies, we will freeze the 100-square miles surrounding the devastated plant, surgically remove it, towing it by barge to the Arctic where it will remain frozen, rendering it harmless. Comments regarding global warming will be addressed in a private conference at a later date.”

poor planning - earthquake, tsunami, blackout, meltdown
Collamer

Nuclear: Vermont Yankee to Close, 22 Fukushimas Still Threaten US

The Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor, one of the oldest nuclear plants in the country and the subject of heated battles over the decades, will close late next year. This would leave the US with 99 operating reactors. Four reactors in Georgia and South Carolina are under construction, and the Tennessee Valley Authority is finishing a fifth in Tennessee. But the industry is in a period of rapid decline.