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Re: Airspace Over Flooded Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant Still Closed

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Wed, 22 Jun 11 2:04 AM | 32 view(s)
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From the link,

"When the rule is finalized it will assist in preventing 11,000 heart attacks, and 17,000 premature deaths"

Wow, coal power sure is deadly.

Another good reason not to sabotage ourselves by trying to prematurely eliminate and replace the 20% we get from nuclear, something we couldn't afford if we wanted to.

Now if we can just get people over the fear of new light bulbs and cut back on their consumption a little.


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Re: Airspace Over Flooded Nebraska Nuclear Power Plant Still Closed
By: DGpeddler in RANT II
Wed, 22 Jun 11 12:57 AM 		Msg. 18514 of 20747

And now there is this: 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/21/us-usa-epa-mercury-idUSTRE75K57620110621?feedType=RSS&virtualBrandChannel=11563

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/San-Antonio-coal-plant-to-be-apf-71946223.html?x=0&.v=2

June 17, 2011|By Julie Wernau, Tribune reporter
Illinois receives 46 percent of its electricity from coal-fired power plants — a cheap source of power but also one of the dirtiest.
With some companies unwilling to pay for scrubbers and pollution controls required by pending environmental regulations, many plants will close. That raises the potential for consumers' electricity bills to jump 40 to 60 percent over the next few years as more expensive power fills the void.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-06-17/business/ct-biz-0617-bf-replacing-coal-20110617_1_energy-efficiency-power-plants-scrubbers

As many as a million jobs will be lost because of this. 

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