Position Argument/Food Inc.Post 2

I never thought that the corn business could have such a negative impact on the world. The impact it has on global warming is phenomenal. The corn business effects the world in a much bigger way than I ever would suspect. The corn that is taking up space and being used for profit rather than feeding the hungry. The government also had a big part in the corn business. I also liked how the book explained ways to deplete pollution and greenhouse gases by not supporting or buying the food that comes from another country or state. The book suggests to buy from local farmers and to even build a garden. Building a garden does more than just create crops to eat. It keeps you outside and not using electricity inside, and allows you to give away some of your produce to neighbors. This can have a great impact on the environment.

I like the fact that nuclear energy doesn't emit greenhouse gases and prevents toxic gases to be released into the atmosphere but the danger that is involved with nuclear energy and the fact there are no ways to detoxify the nuclear rods after they have been used in an efficient an safe way bothers me. So besides some of the good things that come about with nuclear energy I think that the negative impacts are just as bad if not worse as regular coal power plants. Unless scientists and researchers find a way to safely get rid of nuclear waste without burying it in the ground or just taking up space for thousands of years, I will not support nuclear energy. I don't think that it should be discarded and forgotten about, but it also shouldn't be accelerated and expanded. Research should still continue but building more nuclear power plants should not happen until the nuclear waste problem is fixed in a more efficient manner.