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Old 04-16-2008, 03:28 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by pensacola_niceman View Post
If you're really concerned about the environment, and realistic and the world's energy needs, you would embrace nuclear power. Jackson Brown and Jane Fonda don't know everything.
the economics of nuclear power simply do not add up.

they only make money if there is huge public subsidies in their building and running and disposal. financially they just dont work. the real advantage of nuclear was during the arms race of the cold war. without that incentive there is no reason to do it.