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Originally Posted by cpal_747
So now you are projecting the thoughts of Kyoto signers, that Canada signed because they knew that the US wouldn't. How do you come across this information, were you in the boardroom? I'm curious to why you care about Kyoto, since the US position is that it is a pointless exercise. I'm also curious as to why you think no new nuclear plants have been built in the US since the early 70's. Or do you think that Jimbo deserves to have rolling brown-outs every once in a while, just to keep him on his toes.
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Are you saying that Canada signed and ratified the Kyoto treaty believing that the U.S. would do the same? Wow. It doesn't say much about your politicians, now does it? Actually, you are wrong. The U.S. has built several nuclear plants since the early 1970s. One that I'm familiar with is the South Texas Nuclear project, but I'm sure there are others as well. No nuclear plants have been built in the U.S. since the late 1970s and early 1980s because they become too expensive relative to alternate technologies. That, however, is likely to change.
Addendum: It seems that I've been too willing to trust your "facts" in fact quite a few U.S. nuclear plants have been built since the late 1970s. See below.