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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (93836)	4/26/2008 5:37:57 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110194

All energy sources need to be fairly priced, including all "externalities" such as pollution, as many propose to do even with "carbon tax" equivalents. If all pollutants associated with coal are captured and any carbon tax paid, the economics of coal are still positive - ask the unhappy coal industry in Australia operating under new carbon rules. The same cannot be said of nuclear. Nuclear systems which reduce the quantity of waste produced would greatly improve the economics, as well as techniques which greatly limit the cost of accidents, such as fuel briquettes. Paying for energy through government taxes rather than direct user costs doesn't alter the underlying economics. .