What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?

Obama announced an 8.3billion dollar loan guarantee to build 2 new nuclear power plants in Georgia. A new nuclear power plant has not been built in the United States in three decades due to safety and the waste.



So a thumbs up or a thumbs down.What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?A qualified thumbs up. No CO2 emissions, but we still haven't figured out how to deal with the waste.What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?
This is false-there is a great deal of C02 from the construction of the plant, the decommissioning of the plant in 40 years, mining and processing of uranium, and the perpetual cooling of spent fuel rods. Nuclear is about as efficient as natural gas in respect to C02, but leaves a nasty aftertaste.

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What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?Thumbs up!

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Let's face it. The average individual American has little or no clout with Congress and can be safely ignored. But it's a different story with groups such as Environmental Defense Fund, Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy. When they speak, Congress listens. Unlike the average American, they are well organized, loaded with cash and well positioned to be a disobedient congressman's worse nightmare. Their political and economic success has been a near disaster for our nation.



For several decades, environmentalists have managed to get Congress to keep most of our oil resources off-limits to exploration and drilling. They've managed to have the Congress enact onerous regulations that have made refinery construction impossible. Similarly, they've used the courts and Congress to completely stymie the construction of nuclear power plants. As a result, energy prices are at historical highs and threaten our economy and national security.



What's the political response to our energy problems? It's more congressional and White House kowtowing to environmentalists. o_O
He is only about 10% of the way there. Nuclear power is the ANSWER to our energy problems.



LIberals have screwed us over on the huge amount of red tape that has made this nearly free energy source so expensive. And maybe its not just the libs but the power companies. do they really want it to be WAY cheap?



Nope.



FCK politicans. FCK big business we need CHeap electricity. FREE UP NUKES!!!!!!



ps. compared to any other source nukes are vastly safer. TOTALLY safer. People mention 3 mile island or the russian incident. THey are nothing to the amount of pollution caused by coal, the deaths near coal plants and the disease caused by them.



Nukes are Safe.What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?The loan guarantee already has the power company beholden to the Feds, over and beyond the NRC. I am optimistic about the technology's return, but distruct the motive as entirely political.



I can't wait for the lawsuits. The damned things will cost $25 billion apiece.What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?
Well this all depends whether you believe going nuclear is the right solution for US or not, here's one very interesting article about this issue.



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Thumbs UP, we need SOMETHING to believe in, besides, it will be just another failed attempt by Big O to make it look as if he is actually trying to solve some of our problems, he knows from the beginning this will NEVER pass.What do you think of Obama's plans to build 2 new nuclear power plants?
A very bad decision...........we have no good way to deal with nuclear waste. I'd rather see the

money spent on solar and wind power, and having cross-country high speed trains. All of this would put people to work too, with a lot less pollution.
jobs, jobs, jobs
Thumbs down. Nuclear waste is forever.
If it actually happens it is a Big Thumbs up from me.
Not gonna happen Sparky
Georgia is a good place for them.



Now when they blow up, it won't be any big deal.
His only good decision so far.
Very bad decision
The US needs about 100 new nuke plants. 2 is no big fricken deal.
hahahahahahahahaha..more smoke %26amp; mirrors to take the heat off his disastrous economy.....they will never be built !
Thumbs up
It is about time!!