From: Impedance@UgotOCD.invalid   
      
   Nuke energy has been classically cheaper. Now we have discovered hidden   
   subsidies that have been removed.   
      
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   "Vaughn"  wrote in message news:jr02s5$q1c$1@speranza.aioe.org...   
      
   On 6/9/2012 11:25 AM, bob haller wrote:   
   >   
   > can nuke power be affordable?   
      
   Compared to what?  Can we continue to belch megatons of pollutants and   
   greenhouse gases in the air?  What will be the cost to clean that up?   
   What is the cost of ecological damage from coal mining and gas   
   drilling/transportation? and how does that compare to similar damage   
   from uranium mining?   
      
   When comparing things, you really need to compare all costs, internal   
   and external.  The use of nuclear power admittedly involves potential   
   environmental consequences, but the use of fossil power (the only actual   
   alternative to nuclear power) involves CERTAIN environmental consequences.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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