See, I told you those crazy global warm-mongers are going to kill us...

Nuclear energy is being pushed by those who believe carbon based energy sources are responsible for climate change. I'm sure that even if there was a link between climate change and CO2,(which there isn't) we would take the climate change over contaminating the earth with lethal levels of radiation. "But it's carbon free" doesn't seem so attractive now, does it?..

US still wants to expand nuclear energy: Chu

The United States still wants to expand nuclear plant construction despite the Japan disaster and sees nuclear power as a key part of clean energy efforts, Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Wednesday.

Testifying at a House subcommittee hearing about President Barack Obama's request for energy funds in the fiscal year 2012 budget, Chu defended the US nuclear industry, which provides about 20 percent of America's power through 104 nuclear plants.

Nuclear energy "has an important role to play in our energy portfolio," Chu said, noting that the president's budget asks Congress for $36 billion in loan guarantee authority to "jumpstart the domestic nuclear industry."

Link:
http://www.activistpost.com/2011/03/us-still-wants-to-expand-nuclear-energy.html