http://earthfirst.com/local-power-plants-could-make-your-neighborhood-nuclear/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://earthfirst.com/local-power-plants-could-make-your-neighborhood-nuclear/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 smc Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:38:44 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=2891#comment-5157 I think this is a brilliant idea. The federal government should use its ability to regulate interstate commerce to force states to produce more of their own power. Not that I really think nuclear power is such a great idea, but forcing people to think about power from a *local* perspective might give the NIMBYs fighting windmills out there a swift kick in the pants about conserving energy and where their energy comes from if a nuclear plant in their backyard was the alternative. I think this is a brilliant idea. The federal government should use its ability to regulate interstate commerce to force states to produce more of their own power. Not that I really think nuclear power is such a great idea, but forcing people to think about power from a *local* perspective might give the NIMBYs fighting windmills out there a swift kick in the pants about conserving energy and where their energy comes from if a nuclear plant in their backyard was the alternative.

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