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RobertEarl

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11. If true

Reply to TheWraith (Reply #7)

Wed May 23, 2012, 10:43 PM

May 2012

It is only because they haven't built one nuke plant in the US in thirty years. No reason for a subsidy when there is no growth. Duh~

However, if one nuke plant here does like Fukushima, the subsidy to that nuke plant will be the biggest pile of subsidy, ever. Did i say "if"? I meant when.

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What if solar got the same subsidies as fossil fuels? Well... [View all] stevedeshazer May 2012 OP

The next time some Republican nut starts blabbering about Solyndra, toss this grenade back. stevedeshazer May 2012 #1

You do know Solyndra was a Bush deal... right? Motown_Johnny May 2012 #22

I did not know that! stevedeshazer May 2012 #25

KnR alittlelark May 2012 #2

Saw a headline earlier that said Goldman was going to invest $40B in "Clean Energies." nt Lucky Luciano May 2012 #3

Oh my side, in what clean coal and nuclear? Dont call me Shirley May 2012 #15

It's easy to understand... it's not done due to profits fascisthunter May 2012 #4

If they could charge for every photon of light coming from the Sun, they'd be all for it. freshwest May 2012 #9

Just imagine if we gave solar the nuclear subsidies too! qb May 2012 #5

Solar currently gets more subsidies than nuclear. A lot more. nt TheWraith May 2012 #7

If true RobertEarl May 2012 #11

Not really. TheWraith May 2012 #20

Tsunami are not impossible and earthquakes are fairly common Motown_Johnny May 2012 #23

The American TaxPayer WILL get stuck for the costs of... bvar22 May 2012 #18

No. Each plant has a reserve fund fully covering its decommissioning, by federal law. TheWraith May 2012 #19

I KNOW what the LAW says, bvar22 May 2012 #21

K&R Rosa Luxemburg May 2012 #6

This is a LITTLE misleading... TheWraith May 2012 #8

I'm also not entirely comfortable with fudging the facts, cheapdate May 2012 #10

Where da fudge? stevedeshazer May 2012 #13

I'm quite comfortable taking this line, given what we are up against. stevedeshazer May 2012 #12

That it doesn't point at other sources is irrelvant, it's not like the oil subsidies uponit7771 May 2012 #17

Please, Mr President, please! Dont call me Shirley May 2012 #14

Hmmmmmm lsewpershad May 2012 #16

How much are the subsidies worth on a unit basis? badtoworse May 2012 #24