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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:00 PM Original message |
McCain wants $30 billion for clean-coal research, 45 new nuclear reactors |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
1. Solar and wind power |
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loveable liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. I've heard the French have shut down a number of reactors |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 06:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. I think you heard wrong |
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Finishline42 (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Nuclear plants in Alabama and Georgia had to shut down |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Lack of water for cooling will shut down almost any thermal power plant |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. What's a nuclear plant go for these days? 15 - 20 bil? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Try 2 billion |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 06:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. LOL - is that a fixed-cost contract? |
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Nederland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-27-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They won't lose money |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Um, do you know Obama's nuclear and coal policies? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
12. I guess that means LaRouche is the candidate for molten salt breeder squad |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. You guess a lot of things. In fact, that's all you do, is guess. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Umm...Obama wants to "explore" the nuclear "option" and (unlike the NEI) claims it is no panacea |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 07:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I have not claimed it is a panacea. Thirty years of ignorance has prevented nuclear from |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Stop wrapping yourself in the Democratic flag. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Yes - Obama wants to spend $150 billion on renewables |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. This is different: A repuke against subsidies for the rich. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 03:30 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Ummm...the average American homeowner is not "rich" |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That would depend on who's defining "rich." |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. Are there any non-renewable forms of energy McLame doesn't like? |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. But But But.... How can he be for coal AND nuclear? |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:03 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Don't try to think too subtly. It will overload your circuits. |
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losthills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I'm still trying to figure out your "logic......" |
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kgrandia (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Clean Coal is a frickin myth |
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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
14. Nuke power could mean billions more in radioactive lucre for reactor builders |
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