At 04:34 PM 10/15/2004 -0700 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> For example, if Kerry were to argue that starting a
>> program to develop
>> nuclear plants that would be able to be run cheaper
>> with more efficient
>> regulation is a practical way to reduce greenhouse
>> gases, then he would be
>> reasonable...even if the fruit of the labor wouldn't
>> start to be seen for
>> 10 years, and the real benefit would only be
>> realized after 20.
>
>Well heck, Dan, all we would have to do that is to
>build the damn things.
Dan can correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe that the key point of
Dan's statement was "cheaper and more efficient." If I recall correctly,
The Economist recently cited a study where it was determined that even with
an appropriate level of carbon taxation, that nuclear power plants still
would not be an economical source of power.
JDG
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