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U.S. Rep. Lee Terry (R - NE)

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With gasoline prices so high and a large part of the cost going into the hands of America's enemies, why are we not legislating incentives to build nuclear electric generating plants to reduce our dependence on oil?
Asked by: Brian Schwartz from Weston, FL. Received 7 Votes.
Categories: Energy · Homeland Security · Technology. Tags: National Security.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)

We aren’t doing enough to incent nuclear energy and there’s two major road blocks to nuclear energy. One’s just the high cost. It takes several, I think 5 billion dollars to build a new plant, whereas it’s a third of that to build a coal plant. So the government has to step up and provide some kind of grant or loan fund to be able to offset some of the costs. The second thing is a big thing, and that’s what do we do with the waste. And we can’t get Yucca Mountain through the Senate. So even if we came up with a grant or loan fund they still don’t have anyplace to store it.

Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More
When will the federal government begin to get honest with the American people about the issue of peak oil?
Asked by: goat from Brooklyn, NY. Received 33 Votes.
Categories: Agriculture · Campaign 2008 · Economy · Energy · Environment · Ethics · Foreign Policy · Technology. Tags: energy crises · peak oil.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)

The discussion about whether we hit peak oil I think drives some of the discussion about whether or how quickly we move away from oil as the major use of our energy. It’s kind of like global warming was a few years ago. People talk about peak oil, but there’s no evidence that we’ve hit peak oil, some people think it’s right now. So it’s part of their discussions.

Answered on Apr 23rd, 2008 More