Just imagine if these people hadn’t ruled the day thirty years ago. How much less oil would have been burned (saving it for gas) had this not happened? How much less CO2 would have been released in the air if unit 2 had been built? What if the protesters, combined with their unexpected (and unintended) allies in the trade unions hadn’t killed the industry?
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It happened on this day, May 1st, 1977. Now, nuclear power just might be on the verge of a comeback. John McCain always includes it when talking about solutions to global warming and foreign-oil dependence. Others are as well. Click here for the full story. A trip down memory lane.