Environment & Energy
In reply to the discussion: The Answer to Climate Change Is Renewable Energy, Not Nuclear Power [View all]PamW
(1,825 posts)The scientific community is in general 70% in support of nuclear, with 98% of physicists and engineers.
The recent letter by the climate scientists is just the latest in the high level of support for nuclear power by scientists.
Once again kristopher is "whistling past the graveyard" with the specious claim that nuclear power is financially unsustainable.
The problem is WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?
The fault is due to the anti-nukes. Numerous studies have shown that.
The early nuclear power plants built in the late '60s and early '70s before the anti-nukes "discovered" nuclear power didn't cost what they do now.
Without the uncertainty, the lawsuits, the protests.... to drive up the costs; nuclear power plants can be built at reasonable cost.
My classic example is a nuclear power plant that is still operating; so it meets ALL the safety standards. It was built in the late '60s and early '70s without the problems caused by the anti-nukes. That plant is Palisades in Michigan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palisades_Nuclear_Generating_Station
Note how much it cost to build Palisades in the early '70s: $149 Million
Inflate that price to todays dollars; and you don't get anywhere near the billions that these plant now cost.
It's really pretty DISGUSTING.
The anti-nukes CAUSE the financial problems; then they COMPLAIN about them.
Either they should quit contributing to the problem; or if they don't; then they shouldn't complain.
Of course, I don't expect that much from their ilk.
PamW