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cprise

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15. Still trying to blame enviros for nuclear's problems, and still too cowardly

Reply to NNadir (Reply #14)

Fri Mar 25, 2016, 01:53 AM

Mar 2016

...to make a public case for just how nuclear regulations should be weakened. Really -- I see no PR from the nuclear industry about this. Makes you go 'Hmmmmm....'

The canard about environmentalists killing nuclear has been debunked, and we're not going to be your scapegoats.

Deregulated markets do not want to bet on such large infrastructural risks that suffer from gigantism and the need to use so much water.

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Still trying to blame enviros for nuclear's problems, and still too cowardly cprise Mar 2016 #15

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Well, that and twisting it into an anti-solar rant. cprise Mar 2016 #5

Hence the summary, cprise: more to the point. n/t Ghost Dog Mar 2016 #6

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