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Old 11-18-2011, 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler View Post
I AGREE with promoting nuclear power, but....

You willing to pay for the huge increase in the cost of EVERYTHING? Is there an alternative to the trucks that deliver everything at some point along the way?
Or would you grant exemptions for trucks?

Are you also willing to harm people who live in the middle of the country where distances demand fossil-fueled vehicles. You might be OK in the large cities and their suburbs, but what about the great plains states--or don't those people count in your utopia?
Other things can be burned -- like hydrogen. Using hydrogen in an ICE is purely an engineering problem at this point.

I would NOT grant exemptions for trucks -- I'd grant low-interest loans to electrify the freight railroad lines and get the long-distance truckies off the roads for good.
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