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kristopher

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16. Nuclear reality vs fantasy
Tue Apr 12, 2016, 08:40 AM
Apr 2016

Coal and nuclear, nuclear and coal - two sides of the same centralized coin.

Ohio ‘bailout’ plan part of larger debate over nuclear’s future

WRITTEN BY
Kathiann M. Kowalski
7 hours ago


PHOTO BY
FirstEnergy / Creative Commons

An Ohio utility’s pursuit of a lifeline for an aging nuclear plant comes at a time when both economics and public opinion are aligning against nuclear power.

On March 31, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio ruled that all FirstEnergy utility customers should guarantee sales for all electricity produced by the Davis-Besse plant along with certain coal generating plants in which FirstEnergy Solutions has an ownership interest.

The public debate around the plans has largely focused on fairness to consumers and competitors, but has occurred with a larger national discussion about nuclear power's role in a low-carbon future in the background.

Poll numbers released by Gallup last month show that, for the first time, a majority of Americans are opposed to nuclear power. The results follow “a downward trend in public approval of nuclear over the last six or seven years,” said Tim Judson, executive director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service in Takoma Park, Maryland...
http://midwestenergynews.com/2016/04/11/ohio-bailout-plan-part-of-larger-debate-over-nuclears-future/

Consumption-driven deregulated capitalism requiring increasing production Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #1
Everyone, I do mean everyone, on the planet is involved. NNadir Apr 2016 #2
Nice read, thanks, but misses the point. Briefly, Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #3
I have written at length about the lack of decent living conditions for the bulk... NNadir Apr 2016 #4
Mmm. "Stalin", and "Libertarian". You profoundly misunderstand. Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #5
No thanks. I think I understand what I need to know about these subjects, and there are... NNadir Apr 2016 #6
Then, your advocacy is based in (deliberate) ignorance, Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #7
We all have our own definition of ignorance. Mine is obviously different than yours. NNadir Apr 2016 #11
Associating contemporary Somalia with anarchist political philosophy Ghost Dog Apr 2016 #17
where is this coming from? Any way to know where the bulk is emanating? Fast Walker 52 Apr 2016 #8
Forest fires in SE Asia were very much involved in the 1997-1998 event, and until 2015... NNadir Apr 2016 #9
thanks... interesting to think the increase in atmospheric C02 is due to release from a warmer ocean Fast Walker 52 Apr 2016 #10
We just spent, in ten years, two trillion dollars on so called "renewable infrastructure." NNadir Apr 2016 #12
I'm not convinced it is "quixotic" Fast Walker 52 Apr 2016 #13
Well, then, with all due respect, actual data conflicts with your failure to be convinced. NNadir Apr 2016 #14
I just said I wasn't convinced (yet), not that I can't be convinced. Fast Walker 52 Apr 2016 #15
Nuclear reality vs fantasy kristopher Apr 2016 #16
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