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Forget nuclear power, let’s go solar

Forget nuclear power, let’s go solar tampabay.com J

Linda Lowe, Brandon

anuary 10, 2009 Meeting Florida’s energy needs – “………………..there are alternatives to building a new nuclear plant. Nuclear is an overpriced, outmoded option to produce electricity. Yes, the carbon emissions, the primary cause of global warming, are minimized, but the costs of construction and disposal of nuclear waste are too great……………….Through the use of solar feed-in tariffs, businesses and residential customers are actually paid a premium for the excess electricity they produce and sell back to the utility. In this way, the high price of solar for these early adopters is mitigated and banks are more willing to finance the investment.

The cost to do this is spread among all customers: $2.50 per customer per month in Germany, and about 40 cents per customer per month in Gainesville. That sure beats the surcharge of $11.42 per 1,000 kilowatt hours Progress Energy is going to be charging in advance for building a nuclear plant.

Solar power would provide jobs and eliminate the conundrum of what to do with the nuclear waste…………………It’s time to take the new nuclear plant off the table and study the economic viability of solar power with feed-in tariffs.

Forget nuclear power, let’s go solar – St. Petersburg Times

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January 10, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | ENERGY