Re: Good news from Federal Government

[Bob Flood <bflood@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

At 04:50 PM 10/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>It would appear that this might be an excellent time for the nuclear power 
>industry to make inroads in revitalizing its present dormancy.  The White 
>House commitment today to take green house gas levels in 2000 to 1990 
>levels, combined with the recent summer brownouts in the western states, 
>could be the opportunity for the nuclear lobby to convince our lawmakers 
>that nuclear power is be the best alternative.

I would guess that automobiles produce more CO2 in the US than dirt-burning
power plants. Or at least the political solution to meeting the greenhouse
gas objective will probably be aimed more at cars than power plants, so
that the politicians can avoid looking like they advocate the nuclear
alternative.


Bob Flood
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
(415) 926-3793     bflood@slac.stanford.edu
Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are mine alone.