Cracker, the alt-rock-klezmer-??? band said it best: "...like I need a hole in my head." (What the World Needs Now, Cracker, Self-titled)
Travus T Hipp used to go to Mercury Nevada every year for the blockade (he lives in Silver City NV)...
Yesterday's commentary: Travus T. Hipp Commentary [ June 22 2005 ]: The Most Complicated, Expensive, and Dangerous Way to Boil Water That Man Has Ever Created [mp3 64Kbps Mono 1.9mb 4:10 min]
http://www.furl.net/item.jsp?id=3547017
Sacramento Bee: www.sacbee.com.
Bush: U.S. needs more nuclear power plants By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Published 8:15 am PDT Wednesday, June 22, 2005
http://www.sacbee.com/24hour/politics/story/2502618p-10858542c.html
LUSBY, Md. (AP) - Pushing for the construction of nuclear power plants, President Bush on Wednesday pressed Congress to send him an energy bill, though he acknowledged that even when he signs the legislation, gasoline prices at the pump won't fall overnight.
Bush is promoting nuclear power as a way to take the pressure off fossil fuels - oil, natural gas and coal.
"It's time for this country to start building nuclear power plants again," said Bush, who noted that while the U.S. gets 20 percent of its electricity from nuclear reactors, France meets 78 percent of its electricity needs with nuclear power. <...>
<...> Not since 1973 has an order been placed for a new reactor. Two events helped end, for a time, any U.S. interest in reactors beyond those already under construction: the partial meltdown at Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 1979 and the 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl plant in the Ukraine.
Even some environmentalists have abandoned their opposition to nuclear power, arguing it is needed to address climate change because reactors do not produce "greenhouse" gases as do fossil fuels. Other environmentalists are not convinced, citing worries about reactor waste and safety. Without some government help, no new reactors are likely to be built before 2025, according to the Energy Information Agency, the government's energy statistical agency. Congress is considering loan guarantees for new-design reactors, and lawmakers are expected to come up with other tax breaks. But a Bush proposal to provide "risk insurance" to protect the industry against licensing or legal delays has attracted little interest on Capitol Hill.
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