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.......Solar Clothes Dryer
This is the work of my friend John Raven.......
He is a very talented writer.............................
Use to perform as Bad McFad....doing extremely crazy stunts.....
This is a joke......please do not send money...........................
What is not a joke is how we have turned our back on Solar energy......
The amount of electricity.....propane.......natural gas....used daily
in the World to dry clothes is enormous..........................................
People are in worse shape physically due to a lack of exercise......
Like hanging up clothes..................................................................
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Forget Green, Toyota may go Yellow with Solar Powered-Prius !!
It's great to see reports of our culture changing to alternative positive resources.
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U.S. Unfreezes New Solar Energy Projects
DENVER — Under increasing public pressure over its decision to temporarily halt all new solar development on public land, the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday that it was lifting the freeze, barely a month after it was put into effect.
The bureau had announced on May 29 that it was no longer processing new applications to build solar power plants on land it oversees in six Western states after federal officials said they needed first to study the environmental effects of solar energy, a process that would take two years.
But amid concerns from the solar power industry, members of Congress and the general public that the freeze would stymie solar development during a particularly critical time for energy policy, the bureau abruptly reconsidered.
“We heard the concerns expressed during the scoping period about waiting to consider new applications, and we are taking action,” the bureau’s director, James Caswell, said in a statement. “By continuing to accept and process new applications for solar energy projects, we will aggressively help meet growing interest in renewable energy sources, while ensuring environmental protections.”
In the meantime, the bureau will continue with its plans to conduct a sweeping study on the environmental impacts of large-scale solar development on public land in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, said a spokeswoman, Celia Boddington.
source http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/us/03solar.html?pagew...
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Hawaii Requires Solar Water Heaters by 2010
I think this is a huge step ahead...at least for one of our states. It is important to think about the water and energy supply on an island so far away from supplies of natural resources. Now the other 49 have to think of something! I think this is a huge step ahead...at least for one of our states. It is important to think about the water and energy supply on an ... more
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Colorado's Renewable Energy Future - Environment Colorado
Bill Brown of NM Global Warming and The Climate Project reports good clean energy news from the Colorado legislature.
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Greetings, All -- The press release below describes Colorado House Bill 1164 intended to help ensure that solar power plants are a part of Colorado's new clean energy economy. For more information, see: http://www.environmentcolorado.org
To read the bill itself, go to : http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/CLICS2008A/csl.nsf/Mai... and type 1164 in the search box in the left-middle part of the page.
-- Bill Brown
www.nmglobalwarming.org
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Issues of the presidential election forNader Obama and McCain
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Hawaii first state to require solar homes
Hawaii has become the first state in the nation to pass into law a requirement that all new homes built after Jan. 1, 2010, be equipped with solar or other energy efficient hot water systems.
Signed into law by Hawaii’s governor on June 26, the bill's introducer, Senate Majority Leader Gary L. Hooser (D-Kauai, Niihau) said, "Hawaii is almost totally dependent on imported oil for its energy needs and estimates show that, with this law, our oil consumption will be cut by 30,000 barrels during the first year and continues to decline exponentially thereafter."
While allowing for other energy efficient choices, the new law is widely seen as a solar hot water mandate and is expected to cut home energy usage in Hawaii by an average of 30 percent starting in 2010.
With the price of oil recently reaching $140 per barrel, Hooser considers Hawaii's move toward cheaper, cleaner energy "a vital decision for our island state."
"While the instituting of broad mandates is never an easy thing to do, the public benefits resulting from the passage of this measure are huge," he added.
Hawaii currently has the highest electricity costs in the nation and it is estimated that homeowners will save $600 annually for a family of four. "The additional disposable income combined with a cumulative multiplier effect of that income circulating in the Hawaii economy, rather than being exported to import foreign oil, will result in significant additional economic activity," Hooser said.
Economics aside, the groundbreaking measure enables Hawaii to lead the nation in the country's growing effort to combat global warming. Hawaii's switch to solar will prevent the emission of over 10,000 tons of greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere every year.
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MIT solar dish could revolutionize global energy production
A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world, which has the potential to revolutionize global energy production.
The system consists of a 12-foot-wide mirrored dish that team members have spent the last several weeks assembling. The dish, made from a lightweight frame of thin, inexpensive aluminum tubing and strips of mirror, concentrates sunlight by a factor of 1,000--creating heat so intense it could melt a bar of steel.
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Advantages of Solar Electric Power (Part V) - Draft by Bill Brown at NM Global War...
Part V
Advantages of Solar Electric Power – Part 5 (Draft) by Bill Brown at www.nmglobalwarming.org
Caveats re Capital Costs
These prices are illustrative only, indicative of global grid connect markets rather than the markets of a specific country. Prices for individual projects often vary widely according to the location and type of system required.
No solar energy rebate programs have been built into the data. Many Governments and utilities have incentives to reduce the cost of solar electricity, recognizing the broad economic benefits of stimulating a self-sustaining local solar energy market.
Financing cost for Solar Energy Systems is assumed to be 5% per annum. These costs are amortized over a 20 year life. This is a significant factor in the Index as it has a bearing on the economic payback time of a solar photovoltaic system.
Economic Payback
A customer investing in a solar PV system should understand the economic payback on the investment, even if there may be strong non-economic (e.g. environmental) factors driving the purchasing decision.
The initial investment depends on the system size. A convenient factor that takes this into account is the price per peak Watt (Wp) of the system. Hence, a 2000 Watt peak (2kWp) solar energy system costing $16000 in total (i.e. including installation) will correspond to a price of $8/Wp. In some countries, the purchaser may be able to obtain a grant or rebate towards the cost of the system, which will obviously improve the economic payback on the purchase.
Over the last 20 years the cost of Solar Energy Systems has come down seven fold. Many Governments in Europe and also Japan have recognized the wider economic benefits of being first to stimulate a local solar energy market and industry. A main reason that costs will continue their decline is not technology (although that can help), but manufacturing volume. As the market continues to increase, so costs will come down further and so will economic payback. In the meantime, we will continue to investigate presently available solar energy incentive programs. Incentives by some utilities are currently bringing the cost of solar energy down to 10-12 cents per kilowatt hour - which can imply a payback of 5 to 7 years.
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Advantages of Solar Electric Power – Part 4 (Draft) by Bill Brown at www.nmglobalwarming.org
The Economics of a Small Solar Electric System
The economics of the small solar electric or photovoltaic (PV) system are determined by both the capital and operating costs. Capital costs include the initial costs of designing and installing a PV system. Operating costs include the costs associated with maintaining and operating the PV system over its useful life.
The factors that affect both capital and operating costs include:
System components
System size
Whether a system is grid-connected or stands alone (off-grid)
Solar resource at your location (amount of sunlight)
Electricity Consumption
Before selecting system components and sizing a PV system for an existing application, the purchaser must evaluate energy consumption patterns. Purchaser will need to perform a load analysis, which includes these tasks:
Looking at utility bills over the past year
Calculating energy consumption
Recognizing consumption trends
By understanding "energy habits" and becoming more energy efficient, the purchaser can reduce the size of the PV system needed, lowering both capital and operating costs.
Solar PV Cost Considerations
A solar PV provider can estimate how much electricity a new PV system will produce per year (measured in kilowatt-hours) and compare that number to estimated annual electricity usage (called demand) to get an idea of cost savings. As a rule, the cost per kilowatt-hour goes down as the purchaser increases the size of the system.
The purchaser should also compare the purchase price of utility-generated electricity to the higher costs of smaller PV systems. PV-generated electricity traditionally has been more expensive than conventional, utility-supplied electricity. However, these costs vary by geographic location, and are decreasing rapidly with technological improvements and mass production of solar PV panels.
Solar rebate programs, subsidies, and other incentives can help make PV more affordable. Tax incentives may include a sales tax exemption on the PV system purchase, a property tax exemption, or state personal income tax credits, all of which provide an economic benefit to consumers by lowering high capital costs. Some solar rebate programs are capped at a certain dollar amount. Therefore, a solar electric system that matches this cap maximizes the benefit of the solar rebate.
Solar Electricity Global Benchmark Price Indices -- May 2008 Survey Results
[See: http://www.solarbuzz.com/SolarIndices.htm]
Capital Costs
A 50 kilowatt ground mounted commercial solar PV system, which is connected to the electricity grid, provides distributed energy and excludes any back up power. The Price Index includes full system integration and installation costs.
Installed commercial system cost = $341,046; rate = 27.33 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour).
A 500 kilowatt flat roof mounted solar PV system, suitable on large buildings, is connected to the electricity grid and excludes back up power. The Price Index includes full system integration and installation costs.
Installed industrial system cost = $2,471,260; rate = 21.32 cents per kWh (kilowatt hour).
Continued at Part V posted on current.com
Search current.com for "Advantages in Solar Electric Power" for Parts I, II, III, and V.
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Advantages of Solar Electric Power - Part III - draft by Bill Brown
"Small solar photovoltaic arrays are versatile in terms of their potential to be located in a variety of urban, suburban and rural settings where they can be easily tied into existing grids.
Solar photovoltaic arrays can use the existing electrical infrastructure so no new, specialized infrastructure is required. For converting DC battery power into AC as required for many appliances, or for feeding excess power into a commercial power grid, the arrays require an inverter or grid-interactive inverter. An inverter is an electronic circuit that converts direct current (DC) to alternating current (AC). Inverters are used in a wide range of applications, from small switching power supplies in computers, to large electric utility applications that transport bulk power.
[A grid-tie inverter is an electrical device that allows solar power users to complement their grid power with solar power. It works by regulating the amount of voltage and current that is received from the direct current solar panels (or other D.C. energy source) and converting this into alternating current. The main difference between an electrical inverter and a grid-tie inverter is that the latter also ensures that the power supplied will be in phase with the grid power. This allows individuals with surplus power (wind, solar, etc) to sell the power back to the utility. This is sometimes called "spinning the meter backwards" as that is what literally happens.]
There is a great deal of design flexibility for placing solar electric arrays. Solar panel arrays can be placed on nearly any otherwise unused surface such as open ground, rooftops of structures, highway, pipeline, or power transmission line right-of-ways, and many other locations.
Solar electric arrays can begin producing power quickly. A community-sized or even much larger solar photovoltaic power plant can be up and running within a year or less, compared with a time to operation of 10 to 15 years for new power production from fossil fuel, nuclear, and other types of power plants.
The demand for solar photovoltaic power as a clean energy source continues to increase dramatically. The demand will be heightened for transportation applications with the proliferation of plug-in hybrid vehicles or all-electric vehicles that require electrical charging. [Such vehicles can also provide battery storage of electricity that can be fed back into the grids when the vehicles are not in use.]
Solar photovoltaic power will help meet local, state, and federal requirements for clean energy production and greenhouse gases emissions reductions. At the local level, the clean energy supply can be used in anticipation of state and federal mandates for clean energy and greenhouse gas emissions targets. The solar PV power supply will aid public utilities in meeting requirements for providing a specified percentage of clean energy. Communities that anticipate such mandates are likely to be financially rewarded via current and expected state and federal incentives.
Economics of Solar Electric (Solar Photovoltaic) Power
Solar photovoltaic panel arrays are simple to install and will provide clean energy regardless of fluctuations in electricity markets.
Solar PV power favors mass production of panels, and systems are less expensive when produced in quantity.
Locally produced solar PV power can dynamically balance the supply and demand for electric power by producing more power during periods of high demand and high grid prices, and less power during periods of low demand and low grid prices. This "hybridized grid" allows both small systems and large power plants to operate with greater energy efficiency and cost effectiveness than either could alone.
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Search current.com -"Advantages in Solar Electric Power" for Parts I, II, IV, & V.
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Part II
Advantages of Solar Electric Power
draft by Bill Brown
www.nmglobalwarming.org
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"Grid-connected solar PV systems require no storage equipment (i.e. batteries). The crucial issue relative to grid-connected PV Systems is the technical aspect of tying into the electricity grid. In these applications, grid-tied inverters must be used that meet the requirements of the utility company. They must not emit "noise" which can interfere with the reception of equipment (e.g. televisions), switch off in the case of a grid failure and retain acceptable levels of harmonic distortion (i.e. quality of voltage and current output waveforms). This type of system tends to be an optimum configuration from an economic viewpoint because all the electricity is utilized by the owner during the day and any surplus is exported to the grid. Meanwhile, the cost of storage to meet night-time needs is avoided, because the owner simply draws on the grid in the usual way. Also, with access to the grid, the system does not need to be sized to meet peak loads.
When grid-connected, solar electric generation can displace the highest cost electricity from other sources during times of peak demand, especially in areas with the greatest amounts of average annual sunlight. [Taos, New Mexico lies within an area of the USA’s highest solar power potential that extends from southern California eastward through southern Nevada, southern Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas.
When grid-connected, solar electric generation can reduce grid loading and can eliminate the need for local battery power for use in times of darkness and high local demand. Net metering encourages this application, and time-of-use net metering can be highly favorable to small solar photovoltaic systems.
[Net metering is an electricity policy for owners of generally small, clean energy facilities, such as wind or solar power, or those who use vehicle-to-grid systems. "Net", in this context, is used in the sense of meaning "what remains after deductions" -- in this case, the deduction of any energy outflows from metered energy inflows. Under net metering, a system owner receives retail credit for at least a portion of the electricity they generate. The ideal has the owners’ existing electricity meters spinning backwards, effectively banking excess electricity production for future credit.]
Once the initial capital costs of building a solar electric power plant have been spent, operating costs are extremely low compared with nuclear and fossil fuel power technologies.
Compared to fossil fuel and nuclear energy sources, very little research-money has been invested in the development of solar cells, so there is much room for improvement. Nevertheless, experimental high efficiency solar cells already have efficiencies of over 40% and efficiencies are rising rapidly while mass production costs are falling steadily. ______________________
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Advantages of Solar Electric Power Part I (draft) by Bill Brown NM Global Warming
Part I from Bill Brown up in Taos
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"As I promised earlier, I include my own DRAFT compilation of advantages and economics of solar electric (solar photovoltaic) power that I am currently researching and polishing for a variety of other purposes. This is only an informational DRAFT that bears considerable scrutiny for errors and omissions. The compilation derives from a broad range of source materials that I am also compiling as a reference list. If you have comments on the draft, please let me know"
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Advantages of Solar Electric Power (Part 1)
Compiled by William M. Brown
Sage West Consultants, May 18, 2008
Solar energy is plentiful. Solar radiation along with secondary solar resources such as wind and wave power, hydroelectricity and biomass, account for over 99.9 percent of the available flow of renewable energy on Earth. The flows and stores of solar energy in the environment are vast in comparison to human energy needs. The solar power potential of solar radiation incident upon the 48 contiguous United States is about 10,000 times the USA’s current electricity demand.
Solar power is pollution free during use. The wastes and emissions related to production of solar power are manageable using existing pollution controls.
Solar photovoltaic power generation requires no water other than minor amounts that might be used in manufacturing components. “Conventional” power generation using coal, natural gas, oil and nuclear resources requires 600 to 800 gallons of water for every megawatt-hour of energy produced. The bulk of the water is for cooling purposes in “conventional” power plants, and the water is wasted to the atmosphere as steam.
Solar power arrays can be built using existing technology. Solar cell technology continues to evolve rapidly towards ever greater efficiency and lower cost, but existing technology is proven and applicable to a wide variety of economic demands.
Solar photovoltaic power facilities can operate with little maintenance or intervention after initial setup.
Solar electric power generation is durable for the very long term. A solar power array will produce power for so long as the Sun continues to shine and the system is maintained. Unlike fossil fuel and nuclear power sources, solar power does not require continuous, worldwide exploration for and development of a diminishing supply of fuel.
Solar photovoltaic power is extremely reliable. Solar PV systems can generate electrical power for many thousands of hours with little or no maintenance.
Grid-connected solar electricity can be used locally, thus reducing power transmission and distribution losses. Solar electric generation is economically superior where grid connection using long, high-voltage transmission lines is costly. Long-distance transmission costs are embedded in payments for all forms of power generated at locations remote from the point of use.
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Part II, III, IV and V also posted on current. Search "Advantages in Solar Electric Power"
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Economics of Solar Power
From our friend Bill Brown at NM Global Warming
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"Greetings, All -- The following brief on a poll of Americans about solar power reveals a non-partisan acceptance of solar power as perhaps a principal engine of our new energy economy.
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Coolearth: reshaping solar energy
I like the new design. Perfect for home use - backyard use, on fences, 500 watts each!!! awesome! Enjoy. Oly
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Cost of solar panels expected to plummet
"Solar photovoltaics have their challenges, from shortages of silicon to the sheer cost of purchasing and installing solar panels, but a new report from the Prometheus Institute says that both these problems will be addressed over the next few years, leading to cheaper solar and an abundance of capacity to produce.
Based on their research, Travis Bradford, president of the Institute, says that prices for traditional silicon-based panels should fall from $3.66 per watt (2007 figures) to $2.14 per watt in 2010, and more impressively, thin-film PV should go to $1.81 per watt from $2.96. When coal, currently the least expensive source of power, is around $2.10 per watt to generate*, the expected drop in price for solar will make it far more competitive." "Solar photovoltaics have their challenges, from shortages of silicon to the sheer cost of purchasing and installing solar panels, but... more -
Nuclear power is not profitable, not reliable
In 2007, decentralized renewables worldwide attracted $71 billion in private capital. Nuclear got zero. Why? Economics.
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Scientific Assessment Of Climate Change Impacts On The USA
Some more good news for Earth Day 2008 from our friend Bill Brown in Taos, New Mexico at www.nmglobalwarming.org
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"Greetings, All -- The USA federal government's Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) released a new report yesterday on the impacts of climate change on the United States. While providing information on trends and projections for the future, the report also states how climate has already changed throughout the USA because of the impacts of human activity on our planet.
The CCSP reiterates what has long been known to science: The primary reason for climate change is human-generated increases in greenhouse gas concentrations.
The CCSP was authorized by federal legislation known as the Global Change Research Act of 1990. This Act spawned collaborative federal research and later the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), through which the USA has made a total investment of almost $20 billion during the past thirteen years -- the world's largest investment in scientific research in the areas of climate change and global change. "The USGCRP, in collaboration with several other national and international science programs, has documented and characterized several important aspects of the sources, abundances and lifetimes of greenhouse gases; has mounted extensive space-based monitoring systems for global-wide monitoring of climate and ecosystem parameters; has begun to address the complex issues of various aerosol species that may significantly influence climate parameters; has advanced our understanding of the global water and carbon cycles (but with major remaining uncertainties); and has developed several approaches to computer modeling of the global climate."
The Summary of the 271-page document begins:
"Over the past several years, our understanding of global environmental change and our ability to estimate its future effects has improved significantly. In order to summarize the key conclusions of this research, the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) has undertaken a national scale “Scientific Assessment of the Effects of Global Change on the United States.” The conclusions in this assessment build on the vast body of observations, modeling, decision-support, and other types of activities conducted under the auspices of CCSP. It draws on findings from previous assessments of the science, including reports and products by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), CCSP, and others. Together with CCSP’s 21 Synthesis and Assessment Products, this is arguably the most comprehensive assessment to date of the effects of global change, and especially climate, on the United States. This fact sheet summarizes the key findings of the Assessment."
To download the Summary and/or the Full Report, or simply to learn about the history, quality and scope of the USA's Climate Change Research Program, see: http://www.climatescience.gov/
The CCSP considers this a landmark document, representing summary work of its almost two decades of research. Please take the time to read the Summary even if you do not wade through the full report.
-- William M. Brown
Sage West Consultants & The Climate Project
Energy Science, Law, Architecture
Taos & Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico
Email: nmglobalwarming@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.sagewestconsultants.com
Web: http://www.theclimateproject.org
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US BLM Announces Environmental Analysis Of Solar Energy Development
More news about how you can influence government policy on sustainable solar energy development from our friend Bill Brown up in Taos, New Mexico at www.nmglobalwarming.org
"Hello, All -- In addition to the recent agreement between the Western Governor's Association and the U.S. Department of Energy regarding clean energy development and transmission, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management enters the picture as managing agency of vast tracts of our American Western landscape.
Today's press release below says, "During work on the PEIS [programmatic Environmental Impact Statement], the BLM will focus attention on the 125 applications already received for rights-of-way for solar energy development, while deferring new applications until after completion of the PEIS. The 125 existing applications are for land covering almost one million acres and with the potential to generate 70 billion watts of electricity, or enough to power 20 million average American homes."
BLM public scoping meetings will be held around the Western USA -- in 8 western cities listed near the end of the press release -- from June 16 through June 26, 2008, and written comments are due by July 7, 2008.
See http://solareis.anl.gov/ for more information.
Note that concentrated solar power (solar thermal) installations -- wherein reflectors heat liquid to run turbines -- can require significant amounts of cooling water (as much water as coal-fired or nuclear power plants require per megawatt of energy produced) whereas solar photovoltaic power installations require virtually no water."
-- Bill Brown
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Ralph Nader: The Pro-Solar, Anti-Nuclear Energy Policy That Rocks!
Nuclear power plants operate by releasing radioactivity into our air, water and land. "Nuclear Power is a cancer industry with the by-product of electricity". DR. HELEN CALDICOTT The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report affirms that even extremely low doses of ionizing radiation pose a health and cancer risk: and that no threshold exists below which such exposures can be treated as harmless. Remember the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill will be voted on the senate floor next week (June 2-8, 2008). The nuclear industry is asking for over $500 Billion of our taxpayer dollars in subsidies for their dirty, cancer causing industry. CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW! and demand they oppose any provisions or amendments to the bill. Jan for Gore seems to be saying to oppose the whole bill (search her for info). I understand it's not enough but is it better to have something than nothing? Needs clarification....Jan for Gore help us! CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121 "I do not support any increased reliance on nuclear energy....i disagree with those who would classify nuclear energy as clean or renewable." AL GORE Nuclear power plants do not work in a global warming world. Recently reactors had to be shut down due to excessive heat that could have lead to a melt down; algae growth in lakes clogging the intake pipes; drought (lack of water for cooling the plants); and excessively hot discharged radioactive water into our lakes and rivers. Obama is so wrong to support nuclear power. The time is now to change the energy policy in this country. As Ralph says, there is only so much money and it needs to be given to subsidize solar power and other renewables, not nuclear. Nuclear power plants operate by releasing radioactivity into our air, water and land. "Nuclear Power is a cancer industry with the by-... more
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