Re: "The Only Thing They Learn" -- does anyone else find it irritating?

On Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:16:50 -0400, lathamr@xxxxxxxxxx (Richard D. Latham)
wrote:

veritas <khogantwo@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

William, one of the problems with nuclear plants is if you try to
build one you get about 300 lawsuits filed to stop it. If no one
objected that would be one thing, but because of the lawsuits, it
takes years. Ken Hogan

If it only took years, you wouldn't be able to swing a dead cat
without hitting one.

It would take _decades_ given the current legal and regulatory
environment.

I suspect $5 / gallon (and heading for 10) gasoline will fix that
little problem in the bye and bye.

If gasoline could reasonably be used to generate electricity, or
nuclear power to run automobiles, perhaps.

The reality is, even if we had retro-futuristic too-cheap-to-meter
nuclear power, you'd *still* be driving a car that burns $4/gallon
gasoline. Two completely different markets, now and for years to
come.


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