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It's better understood as a technology for separating the public from tax dollars, than for producing energy.



Yeah, if we're going to have a boondoggle, I'd rather it be one that we can just let sink into the ground and crumble, instead of having to guard it for centuries.

Nuclear power in theory (like communism in theory) may be great, but as practiced and paid for, I'm not impressed.

But as I've harped on, it'll be great for employment long after the plants are defunct.





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