The McCain Plan: Homer Simpson without the Donut

It wasn't necessary to read Greg Palast's article, The McCain Plan: Homer Simpson without the Donut , to reach the previously posted conclusions, but additional issues about nuclear power plants are raised and I would encourage all to read it in its entirety.

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I've previously posted about the travesty that is Shoreham and would also encourage an internet search of the ripoff that epitomizes the industry:

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Nuclear plants are cheap until you actually try to build one. Not one of the last 49 nuclear plants cost less than $2 billion apiece. I’m looking down the road at the remainders of the Shoreham nuclear plant which took nearly 20 years to build at a cost of $8 billion – or close to $7,000 per customer it was supposed to supply. When I say “supposed to,” it was closed for safety reasons after operating just one single day.

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Nuclear Energy is the most subsidized energy available and maybe it's time for energy consumers (that means most of us) to begin to question if the dollars are well spent. And that's without considering what we're going to do with the waste that will be radioactive for lifetimes.