[seastay]

nuclear power plants would help this problem immensely

[gondramB]

"nuclear power plants would help this problem immensely"
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that would help but any permanent solution will have to address the budget deficit as well as the trade deficit. We have come to the point where controlling our deficits are more important than cutting taxes, IMO.

[ordinaryguy]

nuclear power plants would help this problem immensely

How? It is my understanding that eliminating oil imports entirely would reduce our trade deficit by only $229.2 billion, or 16% (using 2005 figures). Building nuclear power plants does not allow us to eliminate oil imports entirely, so your solution would reduce our trade deficit by much less than 16%, which would not be of an immense help.