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The New DU. Reply #2: You don't need to be an "environmentalist" to know which way the wind is blowing on nuclear power
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Thu Jan-31-08 12:31 PM
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| 2. You don't need to be an "environmentalist" to know which way the wind is blowing on nuclear power |
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Pro: It could reduce CO2 emissions and keep the lights on.
Con: It might poison us and our children in our sleep.
Reality: It will cost too much to do a major nuclear construction push with the world's economy melting down, draining the world's pool of capital and making what capital remains intensely risk-averse.
The third way out of the false dichotomy: Given that a conserved watt costs about a quarter of what a produced watt does, for the moment conservation makes a lot more economic and environmental sense than any new form of energy.
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