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- From: russ@pmafire.inel.gov (Russ Brown)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.140505.19307@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 14:05:05 GMT
- Organization: WINCO
- Subject: Re: Relative honesty
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- References: <JYM.92Jun27211929@remarque.berkeley.edu> <1992Jun29.193510.29183@pmafire.inel.gov> <JYM.92Jul22094813@remarque.berkeley.edu>
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- In article <JYM.92Jul22094813@remarque.berkeley.edu> jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes:
- >> Mr. Dyer should be commended for his candour; many of the
- >> anti-nuclear folks are still promulgating the notion the
- >> the production of electrical power by nuclear energy cannot
- >> be profitable.
- >
- >=+= This just shows (once again) that you aren't listening to
- >what the anti-nuclear folks are actually saying. I have never
- >met anyone in the anti-nuclear movement who wasn't aware that
- >people were reaping enormous profits from nuclear power.
- >
- "Anyone"? Why, even on Usenet, the haunt of the most-informed people
- in the universe, there are occasional protestations to the contrary.
-
- >=+= Of course, this is only true because of such things as
- >massive government subsidies, various tax breaks given as
- >incentives for building nuclear power plants, utility regu-
- >latory bodies whose duties include *guaranteeing* a profit
- >for utilities, and a total lack of accountability for any
- >mishaps or long-term problems.
-
- The details of these "massive government subsidies" that are
- nuclear-specific seem to be vague.
-
- - Incentives? $$$ amounts in FY-1992?
-
- - Profit guarantees that are not normal State Utility Commission
- practice for all public utilities?
-
- - A _total_ lack of accountability for mishaps? Does this mean that
- Price-Anderson insurance pool is running in the red?
-
- Perhaps there is a need for further contemplation of the merits of cant
- in public dialogue.
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