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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 10:46 PM Original message |
"Nukes are back and so are we" |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. That article is so full of bullshit and pseudoscience it's hard to know where to start. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 06:17 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. 110 US nuclear reactors were canceled in the '70's and '80's |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. And do you have credible journalistic citations that these costs were paid by the govt? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
16. And this compares to the stranded cost of dangerous fossil fuel waste how? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. The Anti-Nuke God spoke to me... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. Then we should stop all public funding for solar and wind power? NT |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Ummm... the "little people", not the reactor owners, pay these stranded costs |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. 25% annual rate of growth |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I'm all for encouraging renewables. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
3. Meanwhile... |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That's completely different! |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Yes -a 30% solar tax credit for homeowners that actually pay for these systems |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Here is where I was going with that... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Here is where I was going with that... |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 04:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Another thing: you realize where that tax credit goes, right.... |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Good point |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I don't believe in letting "the market" decide anything. |
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Dead_Parrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 01:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Interesting |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Thanks for your valued input. |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:37 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Yup |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. The market decided that coal-fired power is the most economical. |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Because the market doesn't count external costs... |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Exactly |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-13-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Read my post again |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-14-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. There are ways around pollution taxes. |
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