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Fox Nukes
McCain touts gas-tax holiday as well as 'long-term solutions' |
Kate Sheppard |
02 May 2008 |
Gristmill |
| McCain on the long-term solution to dependence on foreign oil: Nuclear! Despite what those 'extremist environmental organizations' tell you. And despite the fact that only 2 percent of our electricity comes from oil. |
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| Topics: dumbassery, energy, John McCain, Muckraker, news, nuclear power, oil, politics (all these topics) |
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Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?!
Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado |
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09 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Wait -- They Drilled for Gas With a Nuclear Bomb?! Oil company hopes to drill near nuclear-blast cavity in Colorado Some 36 years ago, the Atomic Energy Commission and a Texas oil company put a nuclear bomb in an 8,000-foot shaft on Colorado's energy-rich Western Slope and detonated it, hoping to reach a reserve of natural gas lying beneath the subterranean rock. T ... |
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| Topics: business, Colorado, energy, mining and drilling, natural gas, news, nuclear power, oil (all these topics) |
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Like Apples and Radioactive Oranges
Claims that nuclear energy can reduce oil use are largely hokum |
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09 May 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Like Apples and Radioactive Oranges Claims that nuclear energy can reduce oil use are largely hokum President Bush hearts nuclear -- or in the argot of the day, nucular -- claiming that a boost in nuclear energy could reduce oil imports and help America reach the Shangri-la of "energy independence." But people who, um, know stuff about nuclear energy are highly skeptical. There are some ways that nuclear could m ... |
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| Topics: energy, news, nuclear power, oil (all these topics) |
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