Comments on: 2 nuclear bills dead, one paper published, and a pro-nuclear editorial http://www.chuckdevore.com/blog/2008/04/11/2-nuclear-bills-dead-one-paper-published-and-a-pro-nuclear-editorial/ Official Blog of California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore Sat, 17 May 2008 19:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Jeff Hatch-Miller http://www.chuckdevore.com/blog/2008/04/11/2-nuclear-bills-dead-one-paper-published-and-a-pro-nuclear-editorial/#comment-109 Jeff Hatch-Miller Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:35:40 +0000 http://www.chuckdevore.com/blog/2008/04/11/2-nuclear-bills-dead-one-paper-published-and-a-pro-nuclear-editorial/#comment-109 I believe California should be allowed to experiment. The State's choice to prohibit coal and nuclear fuels, which now account for almost 70% of all electricity generated in the United States, is gutsy and extremely risky. Californians risk an inadequate electric supply and much, much higher prices on electric bills. However, if they succeed, they will be leaders towards a new era. For any scientific validity to their coal/nuclear free experiment, California must go it alone. The effects of California's fuel portfolio engineering must not be allowed to impact the availability and price of power elsewhere to the north and east. Those impacts and costs, and the potential benefits, must be experienced by Californians alone. I believe California should be allowed to experiment. The State’s choice to prohibit coal and nuclear fuels, which now account for almost 70% of all electricity generated in the United States, is gutsy and extremely risky.

Californians risk an inadequate electric supply and much, much higher prices on electric bills. However, if they succeed, they will be leaders towards a new era.

For any scientific validity to their coal/nuclear free experiment, California must go it alone. The effects of California’s fuel portfolio engineering must not be allowed to impact the availability and price of power elsewhere to the north and east. Those impacts and costs, and the potential benefits, must be experienced by Californians alone.

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