Can the Japan Nuclear crisis happen in North America?

[dutchdivco]

o.k

So maybe we could herd all the insurance execs, bank presidents, politicians, lobbyists, etc. into some kind of a holding pen, and not feed them; let them eat each other.Then when their are only a few really fat mothertruckers left, we render them into tallow; its an 'energy conservation plan' I like it!

Coarse, really should read up on the French revolution; they started off just feeding aristocrats into 'Le Guiotine', before they were done, they were grabbing everyday people off the street, to feed the beast.Human nature; we're all human beans; legumes with legs! Jim

[Gdez]

Don't get mad

Let's just let nuclear go in the "free market". No subsidies, stand on it's own two legs and produce a profit. Then we can listen to the "we have to have nuclear" arguments. The numbers are there( depending on where you get them of course). We can do better ...PERIOD.

[dutchdivco]

I'm all for it

And again, any big $ project, where you have investors, requires insurance, to 'protect' the investors, or limit their losses. And the insurance companies take a pass.Thats the justification for the Gov't subsidies; they are loan guarantees.For example, if the project gets 3/4's built, and public sentiment goes rabidly anti-nuclear, or they realise its being built on a previously undiscovered fault, or because of a nuclear accident at another plant with the same design which is found to have an inherent flaw, etc. the investors won't lose their $. Thats what the loan guarantees are.
I'm all in favor of 'letting the market dictate', in the case of nuclear power.
The market has already weighed in.Trust the greed.They say no. Jim