Nuclear plants are the answer to oil dependency

Don’t you just hate being manipulated?

Case in point: the TV clip which touches on alternate energy sources (solar, wind, tidal, et cetera) and then goes on to reveal that a large oil conglomerate is sponsoring the ad.

What a bunch of malarkey! They want to leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling. Actually, they know full well that such alternate sources will not replace oil use for power generation by more than 20 percent, leaving the other 80 percent to them and their oil!

If they were really serious about reducing oil dependency they would be investing their millions in nuclear power! Within ten years, with leadership and emphasis on construction of adequate nuclear generating plants, we could be completely free from dependence on foreign oil!

Elimination of oil and coal in power plants would go a long way toward meeting our commitment on global warming. Sweden, Finland, France, Japan and other advanced economies are far ahead of us in this area – when will the USA wake up?

Robert F. Green