[AFPhys]

This is very good news

Also, a natural consequence of the oil price rise.

Also, a natural cause of the subsequent oil price fall soon.

[Tequila25]

Great. Bookmarking this.

[EagleUSA]

Also, a natural cause of the subsequent oil price fall soon.
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I hope you are right -- but we need to move forward agressively with nuke power -- the price per kilowatt hour cannot be touched with any other method that yields the amount of power one plant alone can generate...

[brivette]

Having been in the nuclear industry and seen first hand how a powerful minority can stop the best technology (small is beautiful gang) I welcome this development.

[DTogo]

YES!! More nukes and more renewables!

[RadioAstronomer]

:-)

I always wanted more nuke plants. I had the opportunity of sitting on the edge of a TRIGA bathtub uranium reactor and seeing the Cerenkov radiation with my own eyes as it lit up the core.

[Infantry Grunt 1968-69]

And how about a little drilling of the coasts of California and Florida!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

This is very good news

Absolutely, and about time. Even environmentalists have started to face the basic fact that fission is cleaner and safer than burning millions of tons of coal. As for the general public, I think most of the baby boom generation learned everything they know about fission nuclear reactors from some weird mix of the real events at Three Mile Island and that ridiculous "China Syndrome" movie.

[WideGlide]

Okay Americans...with attention spans about as long as a Road Runner cartoon...let's break ground on a whole bunch of new nuclear power plants that will be on line in about 10 years. That'll get the $3/gallon price down by Saturday. /sarc

[Non-Sequitur]

OK, narrow it down. Find out how many support nuclear power plants in their town or their county or their state. Let's check out the NIMBY factor.

[Tatze]

I'll be more optimistic when support grows for more refineries and more drilling. Those are the two biggest reasons, that we have control over, for the high gas prices.

[kinghorse]

Patriot Act will be used to clear the environmental and state objections. Get ready to light up the Christmas Tree. Nuke Plants could be owned by big oil and leased to transmission companies.

[bagman]

Looking at the source (Rasmussen Reports), I thought this story was about WASh-1400 (joke for older nukes).

[TRY ONE]

Solar's alright but NUKES do it ALL night!

[kellynla]

A combination nuclear/desalination/electrical generating plant off the Cali coast gets my vote!

[AFPhys]

Support Grows for Nuclear Power Plants

Survey of 1,500 Adults

August 12-14, 2005

...time for the United States to begin building nuclear power plants again?
Yes	55%
No	24%
RasmussenReports.com

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Which is more important in the long run… conserving energy or developing new sources of energy?
Conserving Energy	26%
Developing New Sources	64%
RasmussenReports.com

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Suppose the United States had to choose...
Relying on oil imports from the Middle East	19%
Building new nuclear power plants	54%
RasmussenReports.com

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[Publius6961]

Where can I sign the petition?

[Peach]

Thanks for posting this. It's about time we got smart about this.

[ApplegateRanch]

Yes, but even 90% suupport isn't enough, since only 1 environut and 3 judges can kill any project, even if only by nickle & diming it to death with delaying tactics.

Time for the public to demand, "Enough is enough! Pass some judge proof enabling legislation!"

[cogitator]

Much expected, and much welcomed, news. Let's get a shovel into the ground for these plants. I wonder if they are some old oil-burners that could be converted?

[Publius6961]

Once upon a time society planned for and built infrastructure to provide for their children and grandchildren.
The last 40 years, when the "me" generation took over, everything changed. Every possible good idea was perverted by the "copernican" types. They are all the center of the universe, and if stuff isn't there when they die, what do they care?

Think water supply, energy management, highway system, railroads (transportation), local roads, parks; the list goes on and on...

Economy of scale?

WTF is that?