U.S. lawmakers reject nuclear in renewable power goal

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GreenBusiness/idUSTRE54J62N20090520

U.S. lawmakers reject nuclear in renewable power goal

Wed May 20, 2009 4:31pm EDT

By Ayesha Rascoe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers pushing to include greater recognition for existing nuclear power in a national renewable energy standard failed to win new breaks for the industry when a U.S. congressional panel on Wednesday voted down an amendment to a controversial climate change bill.

The sweeping bill, which seeks to cap greenhouse gas emissions, includes a renewable energy mandate that would require utilities to generate 15 percent of electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2020.

Under the legislation sponsored by Democratic Representatives Henry Waxman and Edward Markey, utilities' renewable mandate would be reduced in proportion to the portion of any electricity sales from new nuclear plants, but not existing nuclear plants.

Republican Representative Cliff Stearns of Florida, who offered the failed amendment, said the measure would have helped states meet the renewable electricity standard with a source that has no carbon emissions.

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[PDJane]

1. Good.

There isn't enough nuclear material to use it as a substitute for renewable energy, and the by products are damaging the gene pool.
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[RC]

3. There are such things as 'breeder reactors' that make more fuel than they use.

The problem is they can and have been used to make nuclear bomb stuff. We don't really need Uranium any more.

[Laelth]

2. Good. This will force states like GA (low wind and solar potential) to build more nuke plants.

Flame away. :)

:dem:

-Laelth