[lbo-talk] Re: New Liberal Cause: Bring Back Nuclear Power!

[jimi ayler]

this is an enormously disheartening trend on the left,
and a standard false delimitation of an argument
between two dubious alternatives -- "coal-power plants
cause acid rain, so our ONLY other choice is to go
nuke, just like the french". does it bother anyone
else, regardless of your opinion on the issue, that
perhaps the most enduring legacy of western
democracies, the one they'll still notice 10,000 years
from now, will be nuclear waste?

although it amounts to a "reward the polluters"
sensibility, i always thought the left could take from
the right-wing in smart ways, like tax credits for
implementing the kyoto protocols. it seems like we
could have demogougery and no action on polluting
industries, or the government sucking it up,
literally, simultaneously mandating and paying for
limited emissions. compared to military-industrial
outlay, this is a use of my tax dollars i'd gladly
support. 

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