Burning coal for electrical power generation is filthy. If we
continue to rely on coal burning fossil fuels, we continue to
harm the environment, pollute the air increasing cancers and
respiratory ailments, and also release massive amounts of
greenhouse gasses into the air that speed global climate
change. Nuclear is significantly cleaner than coal, as reliable
and safer, and is able to provide the energy today that this
economy needs to sustain itself and grow. You can't expect to
get those benefits with wind or solar, not at this point in time.
Tens of thousands of people die from coal burning power plant
pollution related illnesses every year. Compare coal burning
with with nuclear power related deaths, and tell me which is
more dangerous and should be stopped.
"nuclear power emits 2 to 6 percent of the carbon per kilowatt-
hour as natural gas, the cleanest of the fossil fuels."
"Electric power generates 26 percent of the world's greenhouse
gas emissions and 39 percent of the United States' ? it's the
biggest contributor to global warming."
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