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I agree with your mindset. Seriously, nuclear energy is the future. We are so far behind other countries such as Japan, France and Germany.
Kansas is already on the map and the sentence "Toto, I don't think we are in Kansas anymore." is a household statement. Kansas has many great qualities. Listing them all would take more space than this public comment could probably hold, around one gigabyte I presume.
As stated by Robert Heller and myself, when economic times are tough for an industry, as well as a state, it is time to keep your people employed and start building. Many think differently than I. Their thoughts of cut back and increasing taxes does great harm.
Go back in history to the days of FDR and re-read the positive side of the New Deal.
You protect yourself by being ready for the upswing. It will start to happen. Once it does Kansas will have more revenue than it could possibly dream of.
To substantiate your comments and mine you simply look at our Nuclear Power Plant called Wolf Creek. Its capacity provides electricity for 800,000 homes. With 2.4 million people in the state it only takes 2 power plants to service the state. Your count of 20 seems to be, in my opinion, excessive. However, you are correct that building more is an excellent way of generating revenue for the state.
It has been many years since a nuclear power plant has been built. The reason for this is the lack of education, which results in fear. I estimate it will take 3 years to educate our citizens. Their belief system must be changed, as most Americans need as well.
The first step in education starts with visiting the Dwight D. Eisenhower Learning Center. From that time forward I still believe in a three-year time frame for Kansans to give the signal to start building for Kansans. At a minimum, I believe construction time has a three-year time frame. I firmly believe, as do you, building these plants is a practical way of raising state revenue without a general tax increase.
Fear of the unknown and the few disasters being human error, specifically on third shift operations, are not grounds, in my opinion, not to build.
Look at the history of electrical power. How many were fearful when the first electrical poles and wiring was installed? Many. The thought of hooking a wire to each individual house seemed absurd.
Today we do not give any concern to the electric poles in our neighborhoods. We also see electrical lines being placed underground, which is also not given a second thought. Were they feared at one time? Yes. Does the track record promote the continued use of hooking a wire to each individual home? Yes. It is commonplace.
It is an acceptable risk. A house fire or burning down an entire section of businesses due to an electrical fire does not create controversy of any kind. The same, in time, will be true with nuclear power plants.
I hope this blog continues to receive comments.
Within my district I have a 12-year-old boy who can answer your questions of concern and can confirm your positive comments. Being one who cares about his future your positive comments may differ with his.
I will be listening to the youth by reading their words, which will be attached to this blog.
The youth know more about creative thinking than you would ever give them credit for.