The whole situation with nuclear power is just a knee-jerk reaction to what's happened in Japan, just the same as it takes a disaster in the first place to get people to care about things. Did people abandon it after Chernobyl? Of course they didn't, but speaking from living in the UK I personally do not agree with nuclear power. We should be concentrating on improving wind and water energy. Sure, turbines can be ugly, but if man does ever finally discover a clean, safe perpetual energy then we can remove the turbines and they will have done minimal damage. I'm not saying they will do no damage, but it has got to be better than having a handful of nuclear plants around the country that create waste that must be stored indefinitely and we should be thinking about improving things long-term; not building more nuclear power stations which only have a limited life and are a quick-fix in some respects to our more immediate power needs for the next x-amount of years. A hundred years from now is not really thought about. It's the same with people pissing themselves silly over electric cars etc. Where do they think the electricity comes from? Here, at least, it's mostly coal-powered stations. If anything, people who support nuclear and will not invest time and research into other areas are the idiots (which sadly is mainly the view of the UK government).

The UK is bitter about Europe for some reason. I have no idea why (though it probably has something to do with 1: the UK being jealous of Germany's economy and industry and 2: not being able to get over a certain event 65 years ago, if I'm being completely honest) - I can't understand why most people are so negative about being part of the EU. I think it's wonderful that countries so close to one another should co-operate for their common interest.