But does he realize that when building nuclear power, uranium mining is
very heavily dependent on fossil fuels? Hence,the the costs of mitigating
other environmental and security costs like water resource degradation and
health and safety issues for miners. Plant construction itself is heavily
dependent upon oil consumption.

Assuming a cost of 1.5 to 2.0 B$ per plant thats about 1 – 3 Trillion dollars,
we can expect the potential for skyrocketing insurance and materials costs.

Are we forgetting the country’s tight credit with an outstanding public debt
of approximately $13,854,307,1799.157, increasing at about 3.75 Billion per day
over each day of the 7 – 10 years need to build a single plant. This is just one
more McSame Old wishful thinking that sounds a lot like how well the surge in
Iraq is going.

No doubt, the use of nuclear power must increase, but its hardly the panacea
it is painted to be. Conservation, solar, wind, and tidal, CO2 requestration,
hydrogen fuel-cell and biofuels related energy initiatives will also be urgently needed.

What McCain is advocating is perhaps another one more election season
feel good happy talk.