Comments on: A bipartisan effort that makes environmental and economic sense http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/ Tracking Minnesota Politics Since 2005 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:01:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lojasmo http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47206 lojasmo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:25:48 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47206 My aunt recently built a 2K square foot house that now costs $1200 per year to heat. and cool...in Duluth. Every house in America could be retrofit with such technology for relatively modest cost, and with no residual nuclear waste. My aunt recently built a 2K square foot house that now costs $1200 per year to heat. and cool…in Duluth. Every house in America could be retrofit with such technology for relatively modest cost, and with no residual nuclear waste.

]]> By: lojasmo http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47205 lojasmo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:22:15 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47205 Solar, geothermal, and wind are vastly superior to nuclear. Solar, geothermal, and wind are vastly superior to nuclear.

]]> By: SeanH http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47200 SeanH Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:14:45 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47200 Reagan/Bush economic plan Reagan/Bush economic plan

]]> By: TwoPuttTommy http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47198 TwoPuttTommy Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:22:43 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47198 Agreed. The only reason a nuclear plant's product is price competitive is because of the subsidization of liability insurnce. Every industry I know of has to provide liability insurance, save one: nuclear power production. Seems to me the free marketeers should be screaming about this one; instead, they're at tea bag parties and they're screaming about deathers and birthers and tenthers. When nuclear can prove it can clean up it's mess and operate without federal subsidy, I'll be all for it. Until then, I'm against it. Agreed. The only reason a nuclear plant's product is price competitive is because of the subsidization of liability insurnce.

Every industry I know of has to provide liability insurance, save one: nuclear power production.

Seems to me the free marketeers should be screaming about this one; instead, they're at tea bag parties and they're screaming about deathers and birthers and tenthers.

When nuclear can prove it can clean up it's mess and operate without federal subsidy, I'll be all for it. Until then, I'm against it.

]]> By: DantheMan http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47175 DantheMan Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:12:04 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47175 No, the coast of Somalia works for me. No, the coast of Somalia works for me.

]]> By: Nemisis http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47171 Nemisis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:38:19 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47171 It is always amazing to listen to the right campaign for more nuclear power, when the private sector considers nukes too dangerous to insure and the power companies consider them too dangerous to operate without government insurance. What ever happened to free market fundamentalism? It is always amazing to listen to the right campaign for more nuclear power, when the private sector considers nukes too dangerous to insure and the power companies consider them too dangerous to operate without government insurance. What ever happened to free market fundamentalism?

]]> By: Pete http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47164 Pete Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:42:29 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47164 Right on, Richard. Right on, Richard.

]]> By: Dan http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47158 Dan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:54:42 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47158 "build a new cleaner coal fired power plant " Nope. There is no such thing as a cleaner coal fired power plant. "build a new cleaner coal fired power plant "

Nope. There is no such thing as a cleaner coal fired power plant.

]]> By: Brian Link http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47157 Brian Link Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:52:55 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47157 There are already some strategies for dealing with the waste - molten salt reactors and reprocessing. We don't reprocess because of proliferation concerns, but I think someone should take a look at that policy. Coal is HUGELY attractive because we've got metric butt-loads of it sitting around and plants to burn it in. It is directly screwing up the environment though, to the point where excess nuclear material sitting around won't really be noticed by the remaining cockroaches. There are already some strategies for dealing with the waste - molten salt reactors and reprocessing. We don't reprocess because of proliferation concerns, but I think someone should take a look at that policy. Coal is HUGELY attractive because we've got metric butt-loads of it sitting around and plants to burn it in. It is directly screwing up the environment though, to the point where excess nuclear material sitting around won't really be noticed by the remaining cockroaches.

]]> By: Kerosene Hat http://mnpublius.com/2009/11/a-bipartisan-effort-that-makes-environmental-and-economic-sense/#comment-47156 Kerosene Hat Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:27:56 +0000 http://mnpublius.com/?p=7256#comment-47156 Agreed Agreed

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