[E-Revonut]

Normally I'm against the US getting in everyone else's business and spending our money helping other countries instead of helping our own people in our country. I know I may me ignorant or whatever but that is how I feel. Japan is different though....First off Japan is a super power nation, wether or not officially classified as so, I don't know. Japan plays a major role in the economics of the entire world, Japan shutting down will have global ramifications. Japan is in a position that they could help the US if we needed help so us helping them in a time of need makes sense. Now throw the nuclear aspect into it and the US as well as every country that can should be helping. If these reactors go into a complete meltdown it could have a major impact on the entire world, hundreds of thousands or even millions of people could die from the long term affects.

However I do believe that this whole situation could have some positive effects on the US. Japan is a major supplier of electronic components to the entire world. If these manufacturing facilities are shut down for any length of time it could allow some of the US companys to gain a foothold in the market. Another positive that may come out of the whole thing is learning how to deal with a nuclear disaster. If we, and I mean the world, can figure out how to contain a nuclear reactor in the event of a disaster such as this it would be a big step forward for nuclear power.

Even with the possibilty of a major disaster at hand I still beleive nuclear power is the way to go. Nuclear power puts far less demand on fossil fuels and 99.99999% of the time produces little to no harmful emissions other than the warming of bodies of water that are used as a cooling supply. In my local area they have been trying to get bills and laws, and grants , and everything else passed to allow the building of another couple nuclear plants. Not only does the building of a plant provide thousands of jobs but so doesn't the opperation of a plant.

I'm sure there will be a few or maybe many on here that oppse my views but they are my views and just thought I'd share them