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I love a good experiment. Science is a friend of mine. I’ve always supported many forms of scientific research, even when it’s been questionable. Now I have a good idea for an experiment and it could make us rich.

There are about 10 billion dollars of uranium deposits hidden below the surface in the Piedmont area of Virginia. Even though many areas of Virginia are densely populated and prone to generous amounts of rainfall, resulting in washouts and flooding, it’s the perfect place to mine radioactive materials.

Even if there was a problem and the water supply was contaminated at some point in the 1000 years it would take for the uranium waste to become inactive, who really cares? How many people in the area around Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Virginia Beach would be affected anyway? As for the area being a watershed to the Chesapeake Bay, we all know the bay’s almost dead already. No need to worry about that either.

I know that there are adequate supplies of uranium from decommissioned warheads and reprocessed materials to supply our power plants but I’m thinking much bigger. We could base our company outside the USA and sell our uranium to the highest bidder! I hear there are plenty of people that could put our uranium to good use, once it’s refined properly.

Remember back in the 80’s when our parents’ generation opposed uranium mining in VA. The Virginia General Assembly put a moratorium on it. Those crazy hippies, they were citing something about public health and a safe environment for their children. There’s no reason to worry about that now. Our generation is too busy and apathetic for that foolishness. We could just sneak a mining permit or two right through. No one will notice.

When it’s all said and done, we can shut down our company and leave the mines. Let the Federal Government deal with it. Like they did with the old pyrite mine. Personally, I think having a creek with the pH of vinegar is beneficial. Especially if you like to pickle cucumbers. I’m sure a radioactive water supply could be useful too. No use in wasting our foreign corporate millions in profit on cleanup.

So how about it? Let’s build us a Uranium mine!

Piedmont Environmental Council
Virginia Conservation Network