http://sefora.org/2008/01/17/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-in-the-2008-elections/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:14:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1-alpha http://sefora.org/2008/01/17/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-in-the-2008-elections/#comment-10 John Bill Sun, 10 Feb 2008 06:03:12 +0000 http://sefora.org/2008/01/17/what%e2%80%99s-at-stake-in-the-2008-elections/#comment-10 I agree with much of your clarion call, but I take exception with your call for more nuclear power plants. In principal I am in favor of nuclear fission power plants. But where I draw the line is the crypto-subsidies the nuclear power industry receives, and then foists the pretense it exists purely on a free market basis. The federal government insures the industry, the cost of which would surely bankrupt many of these producers. The federal government is also spending upwards of $30 billion on a waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain Nevada. I say it is time to for the rubber to meet the road. Let them pay these costs; if they can’t too bad. The auto industry could replace internal combustion engines with atomic batteries, but they don't because of the potential liability. Why should the electricity business be any different? I agree with much of your clarion call, but I take exception with your call for more nuclear power plants.
In principal I am in favor of nuclear fission power plants. But where I draw the line is the crypto-subsidies the nuclear power industry receives, and then foists the pretense it exists purely on a free market basis.
The federal government insures the industry, the cost of which would surely bankrupt many of these producers. The federal government is also spending upwards of $30 billion on a waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain Nevada.
I say it is time to for the rubber to meet the road. Let them pay these costs; if they can’t too bad. The auto industry could replace internal combustion engines with atomic batteries, but they don’t because of the potential liability. Why should the electricity business be any different?

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