Posted on 06/20/2008 9:22:02 PM PDT by newbie2008
News rolled in yesterday that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has called for a huge increase in the number of nuclear power plants in the U.S.: 45 new plants by 2030, and another 55 after that. That's almost twice as many new plants as are operating in the U.S. today (104, according to the AP). What benefits does nuclear offer? According to McCain, "Every year, these [104] reactors alone spare the atmosphere from the equivalent of nearly all auto emissions in America." Of course, there's a lot of uncertainty about nuclear power, as we recently discussed, and McCain's call to reduce the time new nuclear plants would need to get permits cleared away doesn't seem exactly prudent. McCain also said the U.S. should spend $2b a year developing clean coal technologies.
The issue of producing electricity is key to the green car movement, especially as we move more and more to plugging our vehicles in. VW CEO Martin Winterkorn likes nuclear for plug-in cars, for example. A while back, when we delved into the nuclear debate in any length here on AutoblogGreen, I said I'm not at all convinced that nuclear power is the best way to power out EVs.
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Electric vehicles are the future. It’s just unfortunate how many leftists do not understand the definition of “future”.
We need oil now, our economy runs on oil now. Wishing for clean electric or other alternative fueled transportation isn’t going to run our economy today. Our only hope is more drilling, completely contrary to the democrats’ so-called ideas. We have to get a hold of our present situation, and work for the future.
The idiot democrats, mostly those who live in cities, believe they can choke out the rest of the country by supporting such idiotic ideas of no more domestic production.
I concur with that. Big government is a solution to prosperity and accountability. Where ever they find any they solve it.
If you drive 100 miles to the grocery store you need a helicopter.
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