Reply #15: Nonsense [View All]

[jpak]

How many nuclear power plants have been ordered by US utilities over the last 30 years???

(zero)

How many US nuclear plants have been canceled since 1973???

(110)

How much did those cancellations cost???

(at least $112 billion)

How much will Yucca Mountain cost????

($65 billion and rising)

How much of this will the nuclear industry pay???

($28 billion)

Who will pick up the difference????

(taxpayers)

How many billions of dollars did Dick Cheney's Energy Bill throw at the nuclear power industry to build 6 new nuclear plants (6000 MW)????

($12 billion)

How many have been ordered????

(zero)

If they are built, when will these new nuclear plants come on line????

(2015 at the earliest)

How many states have enacted Renewable Portfolio Standards????

(22 and rising)

How much new renewable power capacity was installed in the US last year????

(more than 2700 MW)

How much new renewable power capacity will be built in the US by 2015????

(>24,000 MW)

So by 2015, the US **might** add 6000 MW of new nuclear capacity (which would just barely keep pace with reactor retirements) and most certainly will add 24,000 MW of new renewable power capacity (that would actually displace fossil-fired power plants).

The bottom line is this...

Nuclear power won't save us.

Renewables will.

period.