Edison Plans to Permanently Close San Onofre Nuclear Reactor

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2. I posted some thoughts in the LBN thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014502815

I suspect the fighting over the corpse will be ugly and I don't think this is a "win" for the natural environment.

The power is going to be replaced by natural gas plants. When the shale gas bubble bursts electricity costs are going to soar, increasing the pressure to import coal-fired electricity from out of state. Coal developers are constantly trying to drive high capacity transmission lines into California. (Wyoming wind? Yeah, sure, right, we believe you...)

Certain parties will also want to prove how expensive it is to decommission nuclear power plants. Greedy contractors and politicians will be happy to prove it. Money will flow.

People who own expensive beach front properties are smiling. The value of their properties just went up. Hail the developers!

Radioactive toxins from nuclear power plants are bad for the natural environment but people are worse.