[txrefugee]

With plentiful natural gas available in any state that is smart enough to permit fracking, nuclear power plants are obsolete.

[kidd]

In the short term, you are correct.

In the long term, as the United States becomes an exporter of natural gas, and the subsequent increase in price, nuclear power would once again look favorable.

[edcoil]

They have been beaten up like crazy from our Senator Boxer and somethings are just not worth it. It should have been running months ago. The anti-nuc crowd is huge here.

[onedoug]

If, by some dream, we can get can rid of the islamism currently at the root of our government, we’ll be able to exploit the fuller potential of our own natural resources again. Though right now that seems as hard to reach as Mars.

[yorkiemom]

With plentiful natural gas available in any state that is smart enough to permit fracking, nuclear power plants are obsolete.

I wouldn't go that far to say obsolete. San Onofre ran for 40 years. Nobody can predict that cheap natural gas will be available for the next 4 decades.

[bkopto]

... in any state that is smart enough to permit fracking...."

Well, I guess that rules out California.

[WHBates]

That funny actually, you know we have been down the natural gas rabbit hole before in this country.