Going Tits Up on Nuclear Power

Going Tits Up on Nuclear Power

A common sight to be had by anyone going either South from Los Angeles to San Diego or North from San Diego to Los Angeles is something that, well, you can't miss. Off towards the beach side is a nuclear power plant that bares a very striking resemblance to a pair of large breast.

It's the San Onofre Nuclear power plant and it has been offline since January 2012 because of safety issues. I mean, it's just like any relationship. Once you lock it down, then there's every excuse in the book as to why they're offline and not willing to generate some energy, am I right, guys?

In any case, it's also a safety issue. Seems that Southern California Edison doesn't want to risk some major bad shit if they run it again and it doesn't hold strong due to cracks here and there. So instead of trying to fix it and have any potential risk, they're just permanently closing down the plant that has been around for 40 years generating power for the area between San Diego and Orange County.

SoCal Edison realizes we have better energy options than nuclear and it's futile to pump money into an outdated technology.

Instead of putting Band-Aids on a nuclear plant built decades ago, the company decided to better serve its customers and its shareholders by moving forward with a portfolio dominated by energy efficiency and other clean energy solutions.

Other energy providers also struggling with aging and outmoded nuclear plants elsewhere can learn from SoCal Edison, and listen to what the majority of Americans say they want: less costly, better, safer, more modern options to nuclear.

So yeah, those tits on the side of the road when you're off on your weekend get-away, just consider them decommissioned. You'll only be able to stare at them as they do nothing productive anymore. Which I guess just means they're becoming more and more like concrete giant boobs every day.

I mean, I guess it's a good thing since the leak that they found was of a risk for the 50 mile radius. And it's going to cost them a bit more to get power to the area, but that'll just come out of our pockets, now won't it.