The Wall Street Journal published an op-ed yesterday that talks about how
“Pursuing nuclear power is another important option if we aim to reduce our carbon footprint and reliance on oil from hostile nations. Currently the
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Nuclear Energy Will Help End Dependence on Foreign Oil
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
It would be helpful to clarify the opinions noted above are not that of the Wall Street Journal editorial staff but are contained in a piece written by Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates and co-author of "The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy -- If We Let It Happen" (Threshold, 2008).
And somehow nuclear proponents always forget to calculate the carbon footprint of all the heavy vehicles and equipment used over a period of decades to mine & mill uranium.
"It would be helpful to clarify the opinions noted above are not that of the Wall Street Journal editorial staff but are contained in a piece written by Arthur Laffer, chairman of Laffer Associates and co-author of "The End of Prosperity: How Higher Taxes Will Doom the Economy -- If We Let It Happen" (Threshold, 2008)."
And?
"nuclear proponents always forget to calculate the carbon footprint of all the heavy vehicles and equipment used over a period of decades to mine & mill uranium."
Coal leaves a bigger carbon footprint than nuclear power. Nuclear energy emits zero CO2.
Post a Comment