It came as a two-word directive right after the remark about protecting American businesses from “needless federal regulation” and right before the one about the glories of free trade. It was embedded in the middle of a longish sentence that seemed to include an encoded message about drilling Alaska’s wilderness for oil: “…so I urge you to pass legislation to… return to article
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Reader Comments (4)Page 1 of 1 pagesPebble Bed nuclear reactors are an interesting new technology that should also be investigated. Nuclear energy does not pollute the land or the water. Granted, nuclear waste is a pain to deal with. But vigilant safeguards have thusfar prevented any accidents (Now I’m definitely going to get a lot of hits on that statement!).
Wind power and solar power are not going to be able to handle our power needs in a reasonable time frame or for a reasonable cost.
And yes, terrorism is a concern. Placing these in remote locations, underground, can address this issue. How about putting a couple of massive power plants out near Yucca Mountain?
Just a thought.
Posted by Ty on Feb 10, 2004 at 5:04 PM TY I used to hate seeing your name take up space in the forum but after laughing at your ass more than a few times I invite you to please post as much as possible. These days we could all use a good laugh. I might even cancel my cable subscription. Who needs comedy central when we’ve got you?
Posted by APRIL 26, 1992 on Feb 11, 2004 at 8:02 PM What is “Pebble Bed”? Why is April so angry? Why is Dubya still in office?!
Posted by Chris on Feb 12, 2004 at 9:37 AM The Bush League is not concerned about the ecology any more than they are concerned about the welfare of brown-skinned “furriners” or even the econimc health of America’s working poor. To suggest that Duh-Be-Yah might bend to consider something other than this quarter’s profit motive for America’s richest corporations is silliness. Oh, well.
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