http://thechillingeffect.org/2008/10/07/nuclear-debate-stuck-in-the-80s/ cooling heated rhetoric on global warming Tue, 6 Jan 2009 03:30:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://thechillingeffect.org/2008/10/07/nuclear-debate-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-2989 TokyoTom Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:16:17 +0000 http://thechillingeffect.org/2008/10/07/nuclear-debate-stuck-in-the-80s/#comment-2989 Nuclear has long been by far one of our cleanest and most affordable options. I think that support for it is growing, but if you and Tierney think that the debate is still back in the 80s, maybe that has something to do that nuclear power has not been a priority to Republicans (certainly in the past decade). Perhaps you ought to consider why it wasn't. (Hint, it may have something to do with a lack of political will, a political position that climate change is no risk, a lack of concern about polition by coal-fired plants (that spew only on Democrat states), and a favoritism towards fossil fuels.) Nuclear has long been by far one of our cleanest and most affordable options. I think that support for it is growing, but if you and Tierney think that the debate is still back in the 80s, maybe that has something to do that nuclear power has not been a priority to Republicans (certainly in the past decade). Perhaps you ought to consider why it wasn’t. (Hint, it may have something to do with a lack of political will, a political position that climate change is no risk, a lack of concern about polition by coal-fired plants (that spew only on Democrat states), and a favoritism towards fossil fuels.)

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