From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   Vaughn wrote:   
   > On 5/5/2012 6:30 PM, Roberto Deboni DMIsr wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 05 May 2012 14:53:27 -0700, Bob F wrote:   
   >>   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>>    Nuclear power is no longer an economically viable source of new   
   >>>    energy in the United States,   
   >>   
   >> Correct.   
   >>   
   >> But I though we where writing about Japan.   
   >> Japan has no shale gas. No coal. No oil.   
   >> And that changes the economics dramatically.   
   >   
   > All true.  Also, the economic argument is beside the point because   
   > Japan already had the nuke plants, so the construction costs were all   
   > sunk. Last I heard, fuel costs for an existing nuke plant are cheap   
   > compared to alternatives.   
   >   
      
   Maybe thay've already lost enough land and money to failed nukes.   
      
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