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July 2, 2008

Going nuclear

For Sunday: We'll lend support to Dominion Power's quest to add a third nuclear reactor at its North Anna Power Station by 2016.

Nuclear power isn't the entire answer to producing cleaner and available electricity, but it should be part of the mix.

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# 1

[July 2, 2008 12:58 PM]

Al

...and the exact same conclusion applies to expanding drilling. It might provide a laugh to learn why you support one and not the other, but it would probably rob that article of content. Too bad we cannot hear it now.

# 2

[July 2, 2008 1:19 PM]

luanne t

Al, we don't oppose expanded drilling. We would like to see independent research as to its impact.
We do oppose the claim by the politically expedient that offshore drilling offers an immediate relief to gas prices or that it offers a panacea.

# 3

[July 2, 2008 1:55 PM]

Other John

There is no energy solution out there that offers any kind of an immediate fix though, and that is our problem today. Unless we as a country get off our duffs and start making these things happen, we're going to be far worse off in 5 years than we are now. Drilling for additional domestic sources, expanding nuclear, adding wind & solar and increasing their viability and cost effectiveness, conservation of existing non-renewable sources, better fuel efficiency for cars...all of these will create the well-rounded energy solution we need. Our entire society is structured around oil and coal, so moving away from either in the near term is not feasible or likely...so developing additional sources helps to solve that problem. Long-term, those energy sources will dissapear or become so cost prohibitive that few can afford them, so renewable and alternative sources will become the norm once they are fully tested, developed, and added to the infrastructure. We cannot do one or the other exclusively, they both must occur simultaneously.

# 4

[July 2, 2008 1:58 PM]

Al

Excellent. Don't know why I concluded you opposed it. I would caution you however on the issue of "research" as it can be a "nice" way to toss up an obstruction rooted in something one might rather surpress. What really do we not already know about drilling....other than EXACTLY what we will find, which you will never know until you drill. I'll only add that many things are going to contribute to solve this problem and for one, I'm not wanting to see any dismissed. Short term or long term, we need action! BTW, I find it hard to believe but I have encountered a few people, shall I just call them "conservationists", that are actually happy to see this situation. To them it is justice from a world gone mad against nature. They have yet to realize that they, and all their little children are in a very difficult fix. The "west" (non oil rich nations) is up against a problem the likes of which we have never faced and we do not have a solution. We cannot legislate one either, we must engineer and discover it and that won't happen quickly.

# 5

[July 3, 2008 9:57 PM]

Jim

It looks like the Democrats opposition and stalling on drilling and nuclear energy construction isn't keeping pace with voice of the people:

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/884/gas-prices

Democrats, the party that wants us to pay a lot more at the pump.

LOL, Luanne sounds just like a bureacrat that always calls for a committee investigation at taxpayers expense instead of addressing the issue. Sell that idea at today's gas prices.

"Given the choice between voting for an improved yet imperfect bill, and losing important surveillance tools, I've chosen to support the current [wiretap bill]." - Barack Husein Obama on FISA

"“You elected the Democratic Party for this purpose." - Bin Laden supporting the Democrats for their surrender tactics

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