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First of all I believe we need additional nuclear plants. I think we ought to be building them now. I am not an environmentalist. For example if I were preseident I would lock oil CEOs, Environmental groups and the Coast Guard in a room and say: "It's a fait accompli. We will be drilling in the Gulf and off the coast of California. So figure out how to do it with minimum environmental impact and how to handle oil spills." This has nothing to do with so-called global warming and has everything to do with with WoT and energy independence. I would also take the same approach for additional oil refineries and power plants. i would cut the red tape. figure out an acceptable design for nuclear plants, electric plants, and refineries and mandate you can build these with minimal red tape.
As for climate change. If any of you ever took a Six Sigma cost and statstical process control you wuld know that there is a typr of failure that occurs whereif you do something that doesn't need yo be done you maybe waste some resources but if you fail to do something the result is catastrophic. That's how I feel about global warming. I really don't know if the science is real or if we are misinterpeting something. I do know however, that if we fail to do something and it is real the results can be very catastrophic. If we do someting and it isn't real then we may have some economic impacts but who knows, whole new industries could be born.
You are right. i was emotional in my last piece because I am just fed up with everyone shouting at each other over so many critical issues and nothing is getting done. It's not only climate warming but it's helath care, and social security, and overseas jobs. It's the war in Iraq and the lack of a coherent space program. We just jaw at each and throw ideolgical phrases at each other and nothing gets done. Ok guys I am done emoting and am ready for some serious discussions.
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