Posted on 04/27/2007 2:28:11 PM PDT by knighthawk
JOHN Howard is paving the way for nuclear power and an expansion of the uranium industry in an election-year attempt to split Labor.
As Labor prepares to debate its new uranium mining and nuclear policy on the floor of the party's national conference in Sydney today, the Prime Minister will use climate change and job-creation arguments to put further pressure on a divided Opposition.
Mr Howard will promote uranium exports and "climate-friendly" nuclear power as part of a political campaign to cast himself as forward-looking and Labor as being against progress and jobs.
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Nuclear Power contributes *zero* greenhouse gasses, therefor it is a positive way to create power (and jobs!) without contributing to so-called global warming.
...and the GREENS *hate* that fact!
The person who spearheaded/started the modern environmental movement has actually come out in favor of nuclear energy.
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