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To: Brumar89 who wrote (5210)	2/23/2009 8:14:34 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

But you are willing to buy wind and solar, but seem unwilling on nuclear. ______________________ I'm totally willing. But I do understand the position of the people that really can't afford the increase in their electric bills. We have a bunch of nuke plants in Florida, and they work well. I'm just not sure, in this economy, it we can afford the upfront costs. We seem to be much less wealthy these days. 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. Do we need to "make a (big) difference"? Especially with the Obama plan that cuts current consumption. Seems to me that electric generation is working OK... can't remember the last brown out with the exception of thunder storms. You probably can't (build nuke plants with out subsidies). 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. And we have a history of building alt energy with subsidies. We can argue the level of subsidies, but I doubt we'll ever come to a definitive conclusion on the relative merits. We're really in the same (sinking) boat. Your tech is as bad as my tech, only in a different way. Mine is cheaper upfront, yours (may be) cheaper long term. I don't think either one of us can quantify that. I've never seen anyone that can specifically quantify that. So what is the bottom line line? Why are we arguing? We're both looking to expand capacity. Why not work together for a common goal, with the best solution that works in whatever area where it works best?