Reply #24: Regardless of the rational the support remains.

[Statistical]

You seems to discredit any support that is based only on energy security.

Maybe the majority of people who support nuclear power ARE more concerned with energy security however that doesn't change the fact:
MAJORITY OF AMERICAN SUPPORT NUCLEAR POWER.

I don't care why a reactor gets built instead of a coal plant.
a) environmental
b) energy security
c) simply CO2 emissions
d) fear of coal monsters

either way the end result is the same a lower carbon America.

I wonder what the results of polling would be if respondents were shown this graph first:
If shown only that graph and nothing else, no conflicting reports, not DOE estimates or MIT report then it would be lower.

Generally speaking that is called push-polling. :rofl:

WIND - NUCLEAR - SOLAR - EFFICIENCY - GEOTHERMAL - CCS