Italy Votes on Nuke Planets
I'm a bit late, but I bring you this in honor of the release of Duke Nukem Forever. Which I won't actually play but was too good a reference not to make.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13732050
Italy is poised to vote on chucking their whole nuclear program the same way Germany did. With people freaked about nuclear power and the idea of spreading it attached to Italy's rather unpopular PM I'd say this has a good chance of happening.
Frankly, it's the irrational reaction people are having to nuclear power rather than the honest problems with it that bothers me. People the world over are GROSSLY uninformed about the way nuclear power works and risks associated with it. Hell, I live in Korea and and I got several frantic messages from people wanted to know if I was in any danger.
In another country with a sea and hell of a lot of mountains between me and the disaster site. I appreciated the concern but the lack of logic and basic sense just horrifed me.
Anyway, we can hope that cooler heads prevail in Italy but I don't see it happening. So Italians will likely get to enjoy high energy costs for a good while longer.