tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post116178809733488643..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Who Is Grace Energy?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1161990933368092262006-10-27T19:15:00.000-04:002006-10-27T19:15:00.000-04:00Matthew66 - That's a good point. Also, property b...Matthew66 - That's a good point. <BR/><BR/>Also, property buyers are attracted by lakes. There is a situation in a fairly hilly part of the Southeast where nuclear is used at night to pump water into storage where it's used in a hydro facility for daytime demand.<BR/><BR/>The lakes attract property buyers and boaters. <BR/><BR/>Lakeside property with low taxes...I should have bought into that five years ago!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1161871068832501002006-10-26T09:57:00.000-04:002006-10-26T09:57:00.000-04:00Grace is participating in a web cast with Patrick ...Grace is participating in a web cast with Patrick Moore, that wild and crazy Jim Riccio, and Peter Bradford Friday Morning at 11:15 A.M. I plan on taking an hour and checking this thing out. Patrick Moore is outnumbered 2 to 1, but he seems to be pretty sprightly in debate. It should be interesting. For more info, here's a good link:<A HREF="http://interestalert.com/story/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/10250000aaa053bd.prn&Sys=siteia&Fid=ENVIRONM&Type=News&Filter=Environment" REL="nofollow">Is Nuclear Power the Solution to Climate Change & Future Energy Demand?</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1161866267350375782006-10-26T08:37:00.000-04:002006-10-26T08:37:00.000-04:00There is a really good reason why the population a...There is a really good reason why the population around Oyster Creek power station has tripled. New Jersey has the some of the highest property taxes in the US, and in the towns and counties where there are nuclear power stations, those stations pay a large share of the property taxes, making the burden for home owners significantly lower. I am not sure that voters who support anti-nuke candidates are fully aware that if Oyster Creek (or any other station) were closed down, they would either have to reduce the services provided by local government, or take a significant hike in local taxes. <BR/><BR/>The economic contribution of nuclear power stations is a significant factor in local support of them, that and the fact that they operate safely without polluting the local environment.Matthew66https://www.blogger.com/profile/14300778464353560180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-1161839351124241212006-10-26T01:09:00.000-04:002006-10-26T01:09:00.000-04:00The energy sector, while a very important part of ...The energy sector, while a very important part of the world economy, is only a reasonably small fraction of it.<BR/><BR/>The fact is that if the world collectively decides that building nuclear plants is a priority, building 700 of them in 50 years will be a much less onerous task than constructing the 4 billion automobiles we will build in that period, even making the ridiculous assumption that automobile production will not increase.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com