tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post7744364117788946012..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: The Heritage Foundation on Lieberman-WarnerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-7264604372785102212008-06-03T16:53:00.000-04:002008-06-03T16:53:00.000-04:00Mr. Flanagan,"{Nuclear is] a non-starter in a de-r...Mr. Flanagan,<BR/><BR/>"{Nuclear is] a non-starter in a de-regulated environment" - not so. Just ask NRG about their South Texas Project Units 3 and 4. Merchant nukes are feasible, or at least are viewed practical enough to justify multi-hundred million dollar ventures.<BR/><BR/>I think you would be on firmer ground if you stuck to the issues under discussion rather than over-generalizing about the Heritage Foundation. What you call "ideology" might be termed "principles" by many. I'll agree that they sometimes, as we all do, presume a perfect world without compromises to pragmatism. For example, open door immigration has nothing that I can see to do with expanding our fleet of nuclear plants.<BR/><BR/>I will claim they have added more constructive criticsm than, say, Ralph Nader. The reason they presumably "would make so many policymakers nervous" is that many of their views are shared by so many voters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com