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So going green is gonna need some steel...too bad we shut out the idea of coal
A lasting FDR legacy is the infrastructure he commissioned and built during the Great Depression. This is Obama's chance to fund SOMETHING useful with all the money he's shamefully throwing around.
Why not step up, Mr. President?
The only way to avoid these transmission lines is with the use of nuclear power located near the point of use. But then those suffering from nuclear paranoia crawl out of their holes crying, "the sky is falling!" Actually no American has been killed or injured in a commercial nuclear accident. (note: commercial, two were killed in a research reactor in Idaho) That includes all of the Navy reactors and Three Mile Island. Reprocessing would greatly reduce the need for storage as well as the half-life of the stored waste.
The issue with nuclear is do Americans trust the U.S. Government (which has gutted oversight from everything of imported foods to Wall Street) to honestly regulate the nuke industry? With the tailings clean up that took decades to get going near Moab, do you believe the federal government will ensure your safety should there be a disaster (think of Bush flying overhead of Katrina victims and the fed's incompetence). I don't trust any socialist system overseeing a private industry willing to cut corners and not willing to clean up after itself in Moab!