Fox News Poll: Despite Shock at Crisis in Japan, Half in U.S. Call Nuclear Energy Safe

Let's take a couple of things into consideration, first, the Japanese are using 1970's technology that has been safe and reliable until now. Second, the Country of Japan was

hit by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

There isn't much built on this planet that can survive that much abuse. Japan has known since there has been a Japan that they live on a fault line, therefore they build things to withstand earthquakes. But building to survive a 9.0 quake is more than can be asked of engineers or materials.

Nuclear power is clean, efficient and after the initial investment, reasonably priced. France gets about 70% of their electrical power from nuclear energy.

obama doesn't want us to have gasoline, he refuses to allow oil companies to do their job and drill, no matter what he and his talking suits say. They are a bunch of liars, their actions speak far more loudly than their words. He doesn't want to mine coal. And contrary to what obama has stated recently, he doesn't seem to be behind nuclear power either.

We can't base the future of our nuclear power on the disaster in Japan. The earthquake and tsunami were the perfect storm.

If we are ever to be free of the scumbags who currently provide us with oil, we have to help ourselves. We can sit around and talk about green this and renewable that, but until reliable technology is available at reasonable prices, we are kind of stuck with what we have.

I don't know about you, but my budget will not be able to sustain these fuel prices for long...

From FoxNews

Americans are shocked by the devastation in Japan after a massive earthquake and tsunami spawned a nuclear crisis, but about half of American voters still say they think nuclear power is a safe source of energy, according to a Fox News poll released Thursday.

In the aftermath of Friday’s earthquake and tsunami, 49 percent of voters say the destruction is worse than they expected to ever see in an industrialized country. That includes 32 percent who say it is much worse and 17 percent who say somewhat worse.

Another 49 percent are not surprised by the scope of the devastation.

Japanese officials estimate the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami at more than 5,300. In addition, dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a damaged nuclear power plant have prompted the Japanese government to ask about 140,000 people living in that region to stay indoors.

The poll was conducted Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, as Japan worked to contain further damage from the nuclear plant, and conditions at the plant steadily deteriorated over that period.

Go read the rest and see the full poll results at the link above...