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Originally Posted by Icedog_16
Never said that emissions the were bogus; however, I do think that those emissions are not responsible in the manner in which they are being portrayed. We have little, if any, role in 'global warming' or 'climate change'; to think otherwise gives man far more power over his environment than he could ever hope to have, IMO. However, it is a nice political football and an easy way to blame the US for various problems. As it is, coal is targeted (again, IMO) because it is our most abundant resource. We could have been building nuclear plants a la France for the past 30 years, but no...
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absolutly did not mean to imply that was what you ment either
what i ment is that even if you take away any climate change issues - the enviromental impact on power production in the US is significant for pollution / toxins.
agree that the climate change is too complex for any current theories to be 'proven' other than micro urban climates. but again these are pollutant issue (aka LA /mex city / upstate ny)
and as you mentioned... when was the last nuke plant built in the US... talk about 'life cycle' issue !! we are very far behind the times.
not only in how we produce electricity, but the efficency at wich we consume it.