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Tom Clegg

Gary Sachs offers ‘twisted anti-nuke fear-munging fact-less information’ in letter

Re: “It is about time people saw the truth about nuclear power” by Gary Sachs [Voices, Nov. 16]:

Gary, I don't know where you get your twisted anti-nuke fear-munging fact-less information from.

From everything I have read, when you take 650 megawatts off the power grid, you will pollute the air more (using more coal), make us more dependent on the Middle East (using more oil), make the price of electricity go up, and make us have more blackouts.

For those who don't know (not Gary, because he knows everything - or so he seems to think), 650 megawatts powers more than 500,000 homes. Do you really think you can just take that power off the grid without consequences?...

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