What kind of environment do you want to leave for future generations?

Boyce Gilhooly: Your question: "What kind of environment do you want to leave for future generations? What kind of environment do you want to leave for future generations? (both natural environment and social/community environment?"I do not have any choice in that. There are seven billion persons including yourself, most of whom are not reading this. Of those who are probably none of them care much about the issues that I address, not enough to do anything. Keeping that in mind, you can help to bring this issue to the attention of your fellow human beings, particularly since the problem is increasing worldwide, not just in California:_____________________________________________________________Hello, [elected official] â€" There is no reason to believe that nuclear reactors sited on the coastline of California and other coastal sites are not vulnerable to tsunamis any more than the Fukushima reactor in Japan.I am aware that among persons who lack significant education! in Earth science* that explains such events are unlikely to consider the possibility unless it actually happens at a site near where they personally reside. The problem is that such events are far from impossible here in California and other coastal sites. Such events are just as likely to occur as not at any given time. Seismic events including those leading to massive tsunamis are inevitable.I think we both know that the nuclear regulatory situation in the United States is as much influenced by the interests of the nuclear power industry as it is in Japan. That worked very badly for Japan and continues to be a problem:"Japan’s nuclear regulators and the plant’s operator, Tokyo Electric Power, or Tepco, have said that the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and 45-foot tsunami on March 11 [2011] that knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant were far larger than anything that scientists had predicted. . . . But some insiders from Japan’s tig! htly knit nuclear industry have stepped forward to say that Te! pco and regulators had for years ignored warnings of the possibility of a larger-than-expected tsunami in northeastern Japan..."(Nuclear Disaster in Japan Was Avoidable, Critics Contend | Martin Facler | The New York Times | March 9, 2012 | Accessed May 28, 2014 at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/10/world/asia/criti...The most recent report I have seen from NHK (Japan’s public television service) stated that the reactor is still leaking radiation. Again, there is no reason to believe that cannot also occur at, for example, the Diablo Canyon site in California or other coastal installations. The geography is clear. Just because it has not happened to date does not mean that it is highly improbable or impossible.“Water sampled from a well at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant has been found to contain levels of radioactive tritium that exceeds the limit for dumping it into the Pacific, operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. … The discovery was the first repor! t of over the limit tritium in groundwater at the wells since Tepco began discharging water into the ocean last week." (Tritium levels at Fukushima No. 1 top Pacific Ocean dumping limit, TEPCO admits | Accessed June 5, 2014 at http://fukushimaupdate.com/)I believe it is irresponsible to not take measures to mitigate the danger inherent in coast-based reactors. The problem of nuclear plants being breached by a tsunami can only be mitigated to removing power stations that are on the coast and near sea level. Our Nuclear Regulatory Commission is not going to address the issue in a reasonable manner if doing so would represent an inconvenience for the nuclear power industry. Please take this into consideration and help alleviate the problem at hand. [your constituent]Original May 28, 2014, updated June 5, 2014*See: Christopherson, Robert. Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geography (Prentice Hall) Tsunamis are unpredictable but inevitable: "The earthquake was caused ! when the Indian Plate was subducted by the Burma Plate and triggered a ! series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal ommunities with waves up to 30 meters (100 ft) high." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_ear..._____________________________________________________________For where you live or for the United States in general if you live here, you can modify it.But even if you do not live near a coastal based reactor, you should at least know that when stored radioactive waste or fuel is leaked, especially into groundwater, it is a problem for all of us. The contamination will last far longer than any of us will be alive.The more coastal reactors, the more likely another catastrophe.So the only effect I can have depends on cooperation from you and seven billion others.It is frivolous to ask about what sort of social environment I want to leave behind. Only what I attempt to change for the better now makes an! y difference. And I have little to no influence on you or anyone else, which you can determine for yourself depending on how you respond to my appeal above.Human behavior being what it is, there is no way for me to determine any of that on my own or to ensure that whatever good comes from it remains a permanent part of human culture.We are on our own.It would be good if people kept that in mind when considering how to deal with our predicament.• Nuclear proliferation: http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweapo...• Overexploitation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overexploitation• Deforestation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation• Climate Change / Global Warming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_global_war...• Environmental pollution: http://www.who.int/topics/environmental_pollution/...• Aquifer Depletion: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/04/22/10153... (2011)Educate yourself; you will be pleased with the results. • Where we live: C! hristopherson, Robert. “Geosystems: An Introduction to Physical Geogr! aphy” (Prentice Hall, several editions available) • Where we came from: Jurmain, Kilgore, Trevathan, Ciochon. “Introduction to Physical Anthropology” (Cengage Learning, several editions available) • What we have been doing: Roberts, J.M.; Westad, O.A. “History of the World” (Oxford University Press: 2013) Hourani, Albert “A History of the Arab Peoples” (Actually the history of Islam, per the author.) (Harvard University Press: 2002)...Show more

Darcie Peraha: This is impossible but a green nature environment, an intelligent social environment (scientists and sh*t), and a friendly but not overly-nice and allows more cussing community xD

Dick Ovdenk: For my grandchildren and beyond I would hope that they live in a world where was is no more. A world that has cleaned up the environment, no more plastic bottles used. We go back to Glass. There are less cars and high rises and more trees and gardens. There would be no more racial issues. The color! of a person isn't something to judge some one by. There is equality between sexes, but that women, don't lose what makes them women. Equal pay for equal work.Education is available to all, not just the rick or high middle class.There are communities that don't have the "bad" part of town.Health Care will be for all people.Continue our democracy. Politicians would "really" represent the people.The freedom of faith continues.Freedom of expression without nastiness. Communities flourish no matter what the income level.The past is not forgotten. Some old-time things kept alive. Like making soap, eating vegetables from a self grown garden. Old music would be heard. And that the greats like Mozart and classical greats not be forgotten.Guns will not be available to anyone, because there are no more wars, no more mass shootings and so on.The elderly will be honored and taken care of.Reality sucks because the world most likely not be all that good.People get back to the basics an! d don't let social media take over face to face conversations....Show ! more

Porfirio Gartland: Clean and green