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Why don’t we build new nuclear power plants?

It’s proven technology to generate power for us that produces no carbon dioxide, sulfur emmisions, lead, mercury, etc. The new designs by GE and the french are very reliable and safe. People just remember chernobyl and 3 mile island. I am not saying we should not develop geothermal, solar, wind, and wave, but nuclear power generation is proven. Some people argue that getting rid of the waste is a problem but there are plenty of plans for storing it and the yucca mountain facility is going to be opening soon.

I agree that nuclear power is the way to go for mass energy production. However, ‘environmentalists’ would rather we burn coal and strip-mine the landscape to generate electricity than use nuclear. They make a lot of noise and Congress listens.

I am also a big fan of Bush’s progress on hydrogen and geothermal energy. Geothermal is practically unlimited. He has been fighting ‘environmentalists’ who prefer we burn coal over harnessing the Earth’s abundant heat.

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