In 1980 Swedes passed a referendum to withdraw nuclear power as a domestic electric power source, which supplies half of their generation. In 1997 economist William Nordhouse questioned the wisdom of that policy in his book _Swedish Nuclear Dilemma_ http://www.rff.org/rff_press/pages/bookdetail.aspx?outputid=3103
Today, the Wall Street Journal reports "Sweden Mulls Lifting Ban on Nuclear Power Buildup" http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123383412268951903.html Let reason prevail, and may California and Wisconsin also repeal prohibition, sez I! -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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
