Nuclear Moratorium preserved by Democrats

We need to reduce energy costs in a sector that didn't ask for a bailout as far as I know, encourage work by making work more profitable for entrpreneurs and companies, create jobs, increase productive capacity, increase GDP, and make things the world wants. Instead we have malicious policy that increases energy cost, discourages work, neglects potential job opportunities, encumbers productive capacity, and discourages innovation.
The Democrat party drives this misguided policy.
The Democrats are wrong on energy, taxes, bailouts and federal government role and size.

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"We can only do so much with renewable power," said Rep. Tim Faust, DFL-Hinckley.

He added: "I hope that Minnesota never has to build a nuclear power plant. Never has to build another coal plant.


Why would anyone hope that?


I hope that conservation and renewable energy can make up the difference,

What difference?

but I'm afraid that won't happen. What happens if we can't keep up?"

Keep up with what? The energy companies WANT to invest in valuable infrastructure in our state and Democrats primarily oppose that.
The 1994 moratorium makes no sense especially in these hard times.


Others said more nuclear power has too many downsides.

Rep. Bill Hilty, DFL-Finlayson, said the nuclear option would distract from efforts to develop renewable energy and could stick ratepayers with the multimillion-dollar costs of considering a new nuclear plant. Others questioned the safety of nuclear power and what to do with the spent fuel and wastewater it produces.

"We haven't solved the issue of waste, a million-year radioactive toxic legacy that we'll pass on to untold generations," said Rep. Frank Hornstein, DFL-Minneapolis.

The House vote isn't the final word on the issue.

It could still come up as a House-Senate conference committee works on a final energy policy bill, although the House vote shows it will be difficult to pass
a change in the policy.

Pawlenty has recommended repealing the moratorium, and GOP House members said nuclear should be part of the conversation.

"It shouldn't be that scary," said Rep. Joyce Peppin, R-Rogers. "It should be something that we just leave as one of our options."

To the pro-nuke Dems you are going to have to leave the party Specter style to effect any change on energy policy.
To the anti-nuke Republicans you should be held up and taught a lesson in energy policy by Jason Lewis.
There are alot of little things that some Republicans do to disappoint and discourage other Republicans in MN. Departing from us to support Democrats' energy policy, green scams, and misguided conservation are among the worse.