From: "Jim Torson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gmane.science.general.global-change To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 7:36 PM Subject: [Global Change: 2962] Re: The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power
> > > On Oct 30, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Don Libby wrote: > >> >>> From: Jim Torson >>> Lester R. Brown says: >>> ...there is little evidence of private capital investing in nuclear >>> plants >>> in competitive electricity markets. >> >> Twenty two new reactor license applications in the US is more than a >> little >> evidence >> http://www.nrc.gov/reactors/new-reactors/col.html > > I am on the NRC maillist, so I am well aware that a number of > applications have been filed by utilities hoping for a > subsidy from the taxpayers. > > How many of those have actually arranged financing and > started construction? > I know at least one new reactor vessel has been manufactured and the facility is backlogged with new orders, but usually, construction doesn't begin until a building permit is issued. I'm not sure if Lester Brown was aware of it, or just chose to ignore the inconvenient truth. Wind power got its taxpayer subsidy renewed for a year, is that why it's called "renewable"? -dl --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalchange -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
