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For serious open-minded environmentalists, there's a lot to dislike about Vermont's new Comprehensive Energy Plan.
The plan admits somewhat shamefacedly that, despite good intentions, Vermont won't have enough renewable power anytime soon, so difficult decisions must be made.
So, basically, the plan is saying: out with Vermont Yankee, in with burning more natural gas and coal.
Only to the most zealous anti-nuclear ideologue does this decision make environmental sense.
Edward Jaffe [“Perfection: political tactic or prerequisite?,” Point/Counterpoint, Oct. 19] makes a personal judgement that perfection is required in the use of nuclear power. Thirty governments around the world committed to nuclear power judge differently. They compare to the alternatives. The math that he suggests - risk from one...
Watch for this headline: “Nuclear Free Vermont Pickets Supermarket; Radioactive Food Discovered In Produce Section.” And it wouldn't be a joke. Food contains radioactivity. One ordinary banana contains radioactivity equivalent to 40 liters of water with the EPA's maximum allowable concentration of tritium: 0.00000002 curies of tritium per liter.
