Natural gas a better option than nuclear

The GA Public Service Commission, in its infinite wisdom, has decreed to continue with the construction of Plant Vogtle. Tim Echols of the PSC assures us the plant will not have any carbon emissions. He conveniently fails to tell us that it will produce toxic waste that will remain radioactive for a million years. He asks for our opinion of their decision. That’s easy: Big mistake. Why? Costs will continue to escalate. They always do. Timelines continually extended. Our country is awash in natural gas. A plant fueled by natural gas would not only be environmentally friendly, but would cost only a fraction of the money and time to be expended on this nuclear boondoggle. As usual, the utility gets the mine and the consumer gets the shaft. announced a hike of about $25 for Social Security. Not such a great thing since everything that we buy costs more and $25 won’t go very far. In November, they announced a $25 increase in Medicare. Yeah, just when I was trying to figure what bill to pay with it, they made that decision for me.

Seniors are caught in an inflation quagmire and cannot figure out how to solve it. Year after year it is the same story.

During our working years, we paid into Social Security and Medicare. We did it to protect our twilight years. The government — instead of prudently putting that money aside — spent it. Now we are paying the price. When will someone do something about this problem? that must not be overlooked: No one died from this disaster, and there were thousands present. With the bravery and good sense of firemen, police, security, various employees of airlines and helpful citizens, all did what they could while facing the possibility of great danger. No crushing mobs. No havoc. All lives were saved. Well done indeed!

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