Every time I see the saffron colored haze settle in from the stacks of the huge coal powered plant 40 miles north of here, I think just how much I owe to the environmentalist who saved me from the partially completed nuclear power it replaced. (sarcasm off)
Tyson
Actually you should save your thanks for Jimmy Carter.
The double digit inflation brought on by Carter’s economic policies, Carter’s disastrous foreign policy and the legacy of Carter’s long term political appointments crushed industrial growth and drove up the cost of nuclear power plants and stifled the growth of demand for electricity.
For some electric utilities state politics also prevented passing on the rising construction cost to consumers.
Actually having been in the industry from the early 80’s I did not see that the environmentalist were at all effective in stopping construction.
However, again Carter’s appointees to the EPA did manage to push up the cost of construction from the environmental end. I point to the entirely useless cooling towers which came to be associated with Nuclear Power (they were also forced on to Coal Fired Power).
That's right...coal ash is radioactive.
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