Feb 13, 2009

50-Billion Dollar 'Clean Coal' & Nuclear Subsidies

These are all more costly that geothermal?
real-cost-of-electric-power-US-image.jpgReal Cost Of Power In US. Image credit:Forbes, via DayDreaming Environmental News Service is reporting that the Senate Conference Committee has done good work:- 'Nuclear Pork' Cut Out of Final Recovery and Reinvestment Package. "While other interests are concerned with issues such as the balance between tax cuts and spending, many environmental groups are relieved that a provision in the Senate's version that could have been used to fund new nuclear reactors has been cut from the final text. The conference committee axed a proposal to include $50 billion in federal loan guarantees..." ... read more from a treehugger

Archive posts on nuclear subsidies.
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