[ RadSafe ] Irony at Its Best a.k.a. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

[Steven Dapra]

Dec. 6

         I'm surprised that the Times said what it did in the last 
paragraph.  (See below.)

Steven Dapra


At 07:34 PM 12/5/07 -0800, John Jacobus wrote:
>That the NYT supports the actions of Gov. Eliot
>Spitzer and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo?
>
>--- Steven Dapra <sjd at swcp.com> wrote:
>
> > Dec. 5
> >
> >          May I faint!  The good gray New York Times
> > has finally said
> > something that makes sense!  Shall we stop the
> > presses?
> >
> > Steven Dapra
> >
> >
> > At 01:11 PM 12/5/07 -0800, John Jacobus wrote:
> > >Editorial from today's New Your Times
> > >
> > >See the last paragraph
> > >
> > >December 5, 2007

[edit]

> > >This should not be misconstrued as an attack on nuclear power, which 
> we strongly believe has a
> > place in the nation’s energy mix. Indeed, our support for New York’s 
> position comes with a major caveat: The
> > >state has an obligation to explain what it would do about the 2,000 
> megawatts of electricity that would
> > be lost if the plant closed. Its solution must not compromise New 
> York’s commitment to reducing
> > >greenhouse gases in the region. Replacing one potential menace with 
> another — like an
> > >environmentally dirtier and costly natural-gas plant — would be a bad 
> outcome.
> >
> > [edit]