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To: Road Walker who wrote (5207)	2/23/2009 6:50:08 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

So how do you make them work with (or without) additional government subsidies? They don't work without subsidies. And they don't work without indemnification as well. The insurance bill would be too high.

To: Road Walker who wrote (5207)	2/23/2009 7:08:41 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

I thought energy independence and no GHG's was supposed to be a benefit? Guess its only a benefit for things we don't use much now. Come on you are not that politically naive. Or maybe you are. Nukes (I am not against nukes) have to be sold as much as wind and solar. As I've said many times, if people on this thread could get past the ideology they would be in more agreement than disagreement. But you are willing to buy wind and solar, but seem unwilling on nuclear. ------------------------------------ Considering that massive use of these would need massive investments in transmission facilities and energy storage facilities and backup NG plants .... nah. The obvious difference is that you can add solar (or even wind) on a small, incremental basis. As we discussed and you recognized, nuke plants take a huge financial commitment, all of it upfront with long, long lead times. Sure you can install solar and wind on a small scale. But why? To make a difference, to amount to anything worth talking about, the investments there will have to be massive as well. Instead of making an argument we might discuss how to solve the nuke plant finance problem. They already get government subsidies, including guarantees on the loans (I believe). So how do you make them work with (or without) additional government subsidies? You probably can't. But this is something we have a history of doing. There's no question of us being able to build big nuke plants and afford it. We've done so before.