Posted by
NOTLEGALROADKILLYET on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 5:20:32 PM
The Al Knight editorial mentioned in the previous essay named several important benefits of nuclear power:
Nuclear power plants . . .do not generate greenhouse gases. The nation already has 100 or so of these plants. Together they generate about 20 percent of the country's electrical power. People like President Bush want to build more of them, both as a way to reduce the dependence on foreign oil and as a way to reduce man-made effects on climate change. . .
More nuclear plants would improve the convenience and therefore the use of electric or hybrid cars, reducing air pollution in the bargain. More electric and hybrid cars would reduce dependence on foreign oil.
When you think about the Greenhouse gas issue, the Democrat party has promoted a problem without a solution.
Other than President Bush, I have yet to see a Republican politician promoting nuclear power in Colorado. I wonder if that is a mistake.