Energy Law Speeds Up Nuclear Proliferation, Stifles Competition from Renewable E

Dangers from nuclear proliferation extend far beyond missiles and warheads. Cheap dirty bombs can be made with little more than a private aircraft or a helium filled balloon and radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants. The Energy Policy Act signed into law this week commits $13 billion to expand construction of new nuclear power plants including equipment to produce hydrogen from them. It provides economic support and regulatory relief for their construction as well as operating subsidies. It also accelerates nuclear research and development. The Act virtually ignores the dangers of nuclear waste proliferation. Earth collects more energy from the sun in one day than all the fossil oil that ever existed. Nature provides vast amounts of this solar energy including wind, wave action, falling water, and biomass. These resources can be harnessed with adaptations of safe conventional technology.
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