| > Let's say you are a pilot in an airplane at 30,000 feet and the fuel gage reads 20 minutes from empty. If that were actually the situation, you'd land at the airport 10 minutes away. If you don't, I'd wonder about what you're telling me about the gauge. If the folks who claim to be so concerned and informed about climate change were serious, we'd be breaking ground on a new nuclear power plant every week or so and we'd be completing them in 2 years. Instead, we're thinking about breaking ground for some several years from now and the way the regs are set up, those won't get approved when they reach the decision point. The planned construction time also exceeds what could easily be achieved by someone who wanted power soon. The US gets 20% of its electricity from nuclear. France gets over 70%. Moreover, if we had a huge surplus of electricity, we could start using it for more things. Instead, we're passing out subsidies to the politically connected. If you want people to think that climate change is a serious problem, you have to act as if it is. The AGW folks aren't and never have. |