The Climate Bill & Nuclear & Atmospheric Warming

The Climate Change Bill reads: "... nuclear power plants virtually eliminate emissions of greenhouse gases ..."Yet: "... even after controlling the greenhouse effect, the earth would warm up due to heat wasted from energy use. ... solution lies in using renewable sources that don’t add extra heat to the planet."(http://southasia.oneworld.net/todaysheadlines/energy-waste-causing-... waste causing another global warming)Meanwhile: "... according to a 2006 analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy ... offshore wind resources on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts exceed the current electricity generation of the entire U.S. power industry."(http://www.technologyreview.com/energy/20500/)Indeed, the Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbine simply uses Permanent Magnets to reduce friction = operates with wind as slow as 2 MPH = low-center-of-gravity = perfect for offshore = tiny $50 million price tag.Wind Power can make clean Hydrogen for backup in power plants, and Jumbo Jets!!!Here Consider: "Most modern generators can switch between gas and fuel oil, and many can switch to coal as well."(http://seekingalpha.com/article/162361-fuel-substitution-power-plan...)Also Read:+ Slammer worm crashed Ohio nuke plant network / Security Focus:"The Slammer worm penetrated ... Davis-Besse nuclear power plant ... despite a belief ... the network was protected by a firewall "+ America's aging nuclear reactors / National Catholic Reporter:"... safety concerns are being short-changed as the government renews licenses of the nation's aging nuclear reactors. SOME PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS SAY CAPITAL HILL IS IN THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY'S POCKET."+ Nuclear Plant Fisscoes Likely with Age, Secret Study Suggests / Cleveland Plain Dealer (@CommonDreams):" ... nuclear power plants ... are undergoing fewer safety tests and inspections, according to engineers with close ties to the nuclear industry. The combination ... fewer inspections and aging components sets the stage for compounding problems. If a plant shuts down its reactor to inspect a potential problem, it has to purchase replacement power. The costs run into hundreds of thousands of dollars a day."+ Aging nuclear plants pushed to the limit / Alliance For Nuclear Responsibility:"When Exelon upped power output by nearly 18 percent at its Quad Cities plant in 2002, key components began shaking so badly that vibration monitors were thrown from their mounts Regulators were concerned, too: Metal chunks should never course haphazardly through a nuclear plant."+ Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate / NY Times:Obama in bed with Exelon, radiation leaks go unreported!!!+ German Study: More Childhood Cancer Near Nuclear Power Plants / Nuclear Monitor:"A German study has found children under five are at 60% greater risk of getting cancer and 120% greater risk of getting leukemia if they live within five kilometers of a nuclear power station." (http://www.nirs.org/mononline/nm664.pdf)+ Nuclear Saviors: How Global Warming And Al Gore May Rescue the Nuclear Power Industry / CounterPunch:"... the financial stakes are staggering American companies, such as GE, CBS Corp (formerly Westinghouse) and Bechtel, desperately crave those multi-billion dollar contracts.+ A Nuclear Pheonix? / emagazine.com:"It may be that the funding issue alone derails the nuclear push: A Standard and Poor s report last year priced nuclear at $1,500 per kilowatt twice the price of a new coal plant. And cost overruns, it said, are highly probable."+ Nuclear's CO2 cost 'will climb' / BBC News, 04/30/08."The case for nuclear power as a low carbon energy source to replace fossil fuels has been challenged in a new report by Australian academics."+ Popular Science's 20th Annual Best of What's New Awards / Nanosolar Homepage:"Nanosolar has created an ink that takes sunlight and converts it into electricity. The ink is coated onto metal sheets as thin as aluminum foil with a printing-press-like device. The sheets are lighter, inexpensive and as efficient as traditional solar panels."Here Consider: Coal-Fired Power Plants can't be greened--"... scrubbers ... do nothing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming." (Clean Coal--Criticism / Wikipedia)Here Read:+ The illusion of clean coal / The Economist:"The world is investing too much cash and hope in carbon capture and storage.+ Trouble in store, carbon capture and storage / The Economist,+ The Dirty Truth About Clean Coal / BusinessWeek,+ The Dirt on Clean Coal / The Nation + King Coals Latest Con Job, Clean Coal is Not Clean / CommonDreams,+ The Clean Coal Lobbying Blitz / The Center for Public Integrity:"They are the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, a collection of 48 mining, rail, manufacturing, and power-generating companies with an annual budget of more than $45 million almost three times larger than the coal industrys old lobbying and public relations groups combined."+ Clean Coal or Dirty Coal? / Alternative Energy Blog:"Peabody Energy, the worlds largest coal company spent over 5% of its revenues on political contributions, for comparison Exxon Mobil and General Motors spent a fraction of one percent. In seeming return for such generosity, The Energy Policy Act of 2005 included five billion dollars of subsidies for the coal industry."+ Stimulus Money Puts Clean Coal Projects on a Faster Track / NY Times:"The allocation of $3.4 billion in the federal stimulus bill for carbon capture and sequestration ..."+ Climate Change Protection, or Climate Change Assurance? / Bloggers for Change:"... the 1,200-page bill would also devote $60 billion to making sure clean coal isn't a loser."+ Methane: Sources and Emissions / US EPA:Coal Mining releases vast amounts of Methane, a potent GHG.+ The Case Against Carbon Trading / Transnational Institute:"... Citigroups Peter Atherton confessed that the European Unions Emission Trading Scheme had 'done nothing to curb emissions. He admitted, ... Prices up, emissions up, profits up ... Who wins and loses? Coal and nuclear-based generators--biggest winners. Hedge funds and energy traders--even bigger winners. Losers ... Consumers!"