Re: Gore - Bush On Nuclear Power

[PBarring@kdhe.state.ks.us]

Translation ...  Bush (as usual) didn't answer the question.  Gore doesn't
want to torpedo his election chances by openly supporting nuclear power and
in the same breath implies that we will have to since the "new
energy-saving technologies" and "renewable energy sources and
environmentally
sound domestic energy production" are still decades away (as long as BIG
OIL has any say in the matter).  Sound bytes, people.  Remember, the
president can only propose policy, it takes CONGRESS to make it law.  Pay
attention to the legislative elections, not the presidential popularity
contest.

"My opinions, not the State's"



                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   






Three days a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks the leading
presidential candidates a question about it. Today's question and the
responses:


Nuclear Energy


Should the United States increase its use of nuclear power as part of a
strategy to come closer to energy independence?



Republican George W. Bush: ''Nuclear power plays an important role in
meeting the energy needs of the New Economy, supplying over 20 percent of
electricity consumed. As part of my energy policy, I have proposed
clarifying IRS rules to make it easier for companies that specialize in
operating nuclear power plants to purchase them from companies that do not.
My overall energy policy also includes using diplomatic leverage, working
with our allies, OPEC, and other oil-producing countries to ensure greater
stability in world oil markets. I will also encourage greater exploration
at
home including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge up to
environmentally responsible exploration. We must also develop our natural
gas resources, which are clean-burning and hemispheric in nature, not
subject to whims of OPEC. I will also promote renewable sources of energy
as
part of my agenda because the New Economy is very electric-intensive the
amount of computers, printers, Web servers, and telecommunications
equipment
has grown rapidly over the past few years.''


Democrat Al Gore: ''I strongly believe we need to take measures to increase
our nation's energy security and decrease our dependence on unreliable
foreign sources of oil. However, I do not support an increased reliance on
nuclear power. In order to achieve sound economic and environmental goals,
I
believe that we must increase renewable energy sources and environmentally
sound domestic energy production and develop new energy-saving
technologies,
while reducing our reliance on imported energy. Through the power of free
markets and American ingenuity, my plan will dramatically reduce pollution
and enhance our energy security - and create more jobs in the process.''


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