Posted on 07/28/2008 5:29:44 AM PDT by kellynla
sudden end. Is the American public ready to support the construction of new nuclear plants? It is.
For years anti-nuclear groups disseminated a message of widespread opposition to nuclear power. All that talk was blown away by a recent Zogby Interactive poll that shows 67 percent of Americans support the construction of new nuclear power plants.
Everyone can see that reality clearly now that we're spending a staggering $700 billion a year on oil imports from foreign countries, many of which are unstable and in some cases hostile to the United States. Small wonder, then, that the overwhelming judgment from Americans is that the highest priority in energy policy must be to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil.
No greenhouse gases
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Yes. Can I caps? YES!!
Texas has some of the cheapest electrical power due to nuclear push for power plants there.
Yes. Can I caps? YES!!
Texas has some of the cheapest electrical power due to nuclear push for power plants there.
The average cost of electricity in Texas is above the average cost in the US. That is for each category of Residential, Commercial and Industrial.
Average Retail Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html
Er, power bills in TX were averaging 700/month during the summer when I lived there (Cooke Co Coop).
Hell, if the US Navy can run on nuclear power since the friggin FIFTIES (yeah Admiral Rickover, may he rest in peace, was a bit of an a**hole but on THAT front he knew what the hell he was talking about, didn’t he?) without any major accidents, then there’s NO reason whatsoever that the US can’t run on nuclear power.
That's a point I never tire of making- there is no tougher field of operation than marine-- except submarine service. The Navy has shown that with proper design, maintenance, and operators, nuclear plants are as safe as anything mechanical can be.
We have a nuclear power plant- Plant Hatch-- two cities over, and for about 30 years all it's done is produce clean, cheap, reliable power.
By contrast, the two chemical plants we have in our own town usually kill one or two workers a year- mainly falls, scalds, or electrocution.
Guess where I'd rather work, or live near?
* Cease all ethanol subsidies. (If an entrepreneur want to “go for it” let ethanol be successful on its own merits with good ‘ol American market forces.) Ethanol takes away from food production and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. As diesel prices go up, the cost of farming tips the balance of cost to make ethanol a bad idea. Just say "no" to ethanol! Even Jimmy Carter says that diverting farm production from food to fuel is dumb – even HE gets it. This will create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and will cease regional "boutique" blends (gasohols) which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful. Ethanol blends may actually lead to fewer miles to the gallon, and adds to the cost of production and transportation. Newer cars do not need oxygenated fuels.
* Lift the restrictions in order to drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.
* Encourage the petro industry to construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production for our newly-accessed oil in the CONUS.
* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful. Discrediting Algore should have been a slam-dunk a long time ago. Stop electing Reps who buy into the Global Warming / Global Cooling / Climate Change Hoax. CO2 is not our enemy!
* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Modular Reactors (or other similar modern designs) that are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design. Refine spent nuke fuel for recycling. DO SOMETHING NUCLEAR to resolve energy problems.
* Use the residual heat from the reactors above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use.
* Become independent enough to make the cartels (i.e. OPEC) inconsequential.
* Lift or cap the tax on gasoline. When the tax is higher than the profit margin, the argument over what is “obscene” becomes moot.
* List (chapter and verse) all the regulations and laws that need to be repealed in order to drill, and drill now. Use this list as the new "Contract With America for Energy Security". Have a mega-bill introduced that in one fell swoop removes the self-imposed energy embargo.
If you squint real hard, and read between the lines, the ‘manifesto’ will require fewer RINOs and LibDems and the election of some clear-minded conservatives to even consider the above.
If you want the low down on the creeps stopping Yucca Mountain, go here:
http://www.yucamountainexpose.com
Nuclear power - yes!
for the purpose of reducing “greenhouse gases”? no...
I agree it’s great to shove this back in the greenies’ faces, but don’t accept their false premise.
Some Japanese company has mini Nuclear power plants available.. Remote villages in Alaska have looked into them for cheap constant durable electrical power.. Could be that many rural hamlets in America could do the same.. America has many Uranium deposits.. probably there are many more if developed.. Why don’t Americans come up with mini Nuke planets.. and subsidize them..
Umm, I didn't mention greenhouse gases ( which are a fraud, like carbon credits-- CO2 is vital to life, rather than being some sort of pollutant )-- by "clean," I'm contrasting Plant Hatch's zero emissions ( The spent fuel ought to be recycled, like the Europeans do. More "legacy" from Jimmy Carter that we can't do it, too. ) with the local chemical companies, which produce and amazing varieties of smells and vapor plumes.
A friend of mine died a couple of years ago, from emphysema- never smoked, but he had worked all his life at one of the plants. I'd rather have Hatch for a neighbor.
The only place nuclear power can be developed and used without a hysterical hissy fit from liberals is Iran. They have no problem with the mad mullahs developing nuclear “power” for so called peaceful purposes.
But try to build new nuclear power plants here and suddenly it is an unthinkable crime against humanity.
I see you point,but notice the prices ended in Feb. Oil prices spiked in months after that. I would like to see a more current table showing the prices after the increase in oil.
Are you claiming Texas Electricity prices have gone DOWN since earlier this year? Mine sure haven’t.
No, I’m claiming that nuclear energy has not increased at the level gas electric energy has.
This is not to imply all electric companies in Texas are nuclear power. So if you have a high electric bill, are you on a nuclear power plant. I am just curious because if so, I was incorrectly informed.
Not to mention by making more nuclear power plants, the demand for oil would go down and possibly help gas prices.
“Hell, if the US Navy can run on nuclear power since the friggin FIFTIES (yeah Admiral Rickover, may he rest in peace, was a bit of an a**hole but on THAT front he knew what the hell he was talking about, didn’t he?) without any major accidents, then there’s NO reason whatsoever that the US can’t run on nuclear power.”
And the Navy does it with plant operators that are non-college grads between the ages of 18 and 22 years old.
Texas electricity is generated by 49% Natural Gas and only 10% Nuclear for our electric power generation.
Rising Natural Gas prices do not favor Texas as we are more than twice the national average for Natural Gas as our fuel. We generate about half as much as the nation using nuclear power.
Texas’s Electricity Profile:
Electric Power Industry Generation by Primary Energy Source, 1990 Through 2006
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/sept05tx.xls
Very little electricity is generated using oil products. Much of what is generated is from petroleum coke and residual oil, refinery "leftovers" after products like gasoline and diesel have been removed from the crude oil. These products are not used for gasoline.
U.S. Electric Power Industry Net Generation, 2006 
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