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2008-09-24T20:40:00.000-07:00

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2008-09-24T20:39:00.000-07:00

Thanks so much for your support! I hope to make you proud to vote green.

Thank-you for your points. I do not claim to be an expert, nor do I doubt the integrity of non-nuclear experts in this province who provide me with facts, but you make some important observations, and I thank you.

I agree that the devastating asthma rates in Estevan are absolutely unacceptable. I also want to thank you for being informed on this. The reality is that most people turn a blind eye to such problems. The Green Party does not, and I do not. Speaking as someone who nearly died as a young child from severe asthma, this is an unacceptable way to make a profit and one more reason that we need green energy industries, 100% clean and green-- including not toxic legacies for future generations. Childhood cancer and asthma MUST be addressed.

I also do not claim to be an academic environmentalist, although I am an environmental activist. These two areas are worlds apart. My knowledge in this area is growing leaps and bounds, and I love being a student of the environment. I will be able to explain the emissions in full with great ease in the near future, but for now I rely on the experts that wrote Vision Green (Green Party platform), which is hwere this stat is from. I'd be happy to call or e-mail Elizabeth May to ask her for clarification on the time frame. Would you like me to? I'd be more than willing. I agree it's important. Although I do not know the time frame that the emissions are produced in, the point is, they ARE produced. If we are going to find an alternative, why don't we look to truly emissions free sources, why not wind and solar power in sunny and windy Saskatchewan? Isn't Estevan something like the sunniest city in North America? Someone mentioned that to me the other day. If it's not the sunniest city, it's certainly one of them! Plus, wind power and solar power are far less expensive to build or install and take far less time to begin generating the precious renewable energy that we need in order for healthy people and healthy futures in Saskatchewan.

I wish I was super human and had the time to check every single fact three times like I would if I was elected as M.P. Unfortunately, this election was not expected. I was expecting Harper's four year elections law to be adhered to (and therefore more time for pre-election fact checking). Please know I would do an impeccable job in this area as your M.P.

As to your fourth point, This fact was derived in a 2007 publication produced by Saskatchewan non-nuclear experts. I will research this item more fully when I find a moments spare time. I'll blog about my findings. It does, however, make sense when knowing that Canada exports 85% of our uranium (all of which is currently from Saskatchewan), much of this going to the U.S. where it is refined for use in United States nuclear power plants. We do not have nuclear refineries in Saskatchewan, and nor do we want them or their additional increases of childhood cancers and negative health effects. We can do better than nuclear, wouldn't you agree?

The price of uranium I used was not a current statistic, but a recent one. I am a student, not an expert yet, nor do I watch the stock market. This price was found while doing research for a university paper on uranium last fall. I was doing the paper at the time when uranium had peaked in value. I thank you for bringing my attention to the drop in uranium's value as of late. This is good news! Please visit the link below to see a graph that maps the uranium exchange value between 1968 and 2008. At the time I did the research it was 2007 at the time when uranium had peaked (the correct number according to the graph was $135, but the 2007 numbers on the site I am linking to are only available to clients, so I am not sure if my memory failed me or if that number was the correct amount for just one month and does not show on the graph. I apologize for not being concrete with the data. Please visit this link to view the graph: http://www.uranium.info/index.cfm?go=c.page&id=29

Finally, thank-you, sincerely, for your vote. It is great to be able to exchange freely our opinions on nuclear in open dialogue knowing that we each respect what the other is saying, even if we don't fully agree. I admire your assertiveness. Please don't hesitate to give me a call at any time. My line is open to all Palliser constituents! If you or others want to discuss the issues that matter to you, please call 692-7925.

Peace and Solidarity,

Larissa Shasko

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2008-09-18T00:56:00.000-07:00

As the original poster of the question, thank you for your answer.

Although I will be voting for you because the other candidates in Moose Jaw, quite frankly, suck, I must point out a number of factual errors in your reply:

1) The price of uranium is nowhere near $170/lb. A recent quote from the Ux Consulting Company (www.uxc.com), LLC, puts the spot price at US$62/pound.

2) Megawatts and gigawatts are to energy, as km/hr or m/sec is to speed. Over what time period is "250,000 tonnes of carbon" emmitted for every 1000 MW produced? I think its imperative that if politicians are to have meaningful discussions of the issues, that they at least understand some of the science around the measurement of energy production.

3) Anecdotally, go to Estevan sometime and inquire about rates of asthma in that community. They're atrociously high. And barely a month goes by where SaskPower doesn't lose a current or retired employee to occupational cancers in Estevan. But you don't hear of the same happening to workers employed in the nuclear industry. Or do you?

4) "Saskatchewan's uranium is mined using dirty coal in Texas." Quite frankly, I don't know how to respond to that as it makes no sense whatsoever.

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