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Re:Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero. by sethg on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @09:28AM (#200941)
Nuclear power is not actually as economical as other forms of electricity, which is why, even with massive government subsidies, there aren't any new nuclear plants being built in the US.

source: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080512/parenti

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Re:Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero. by newt0311 on Tuesday May 27, 2008 @01:26PM (#201201)
Actually, nuclear is not as economical as other forms of energy after all the US govt. red tape is accounted for. If that were not the case, much of Japan and several countries in Europe would not get a majority of their power from nuclear power plants.
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Re:Cost of converting entire U.S. to electric cars? Zero. by sethg on Wednesday May 28, 2008 @09:46AM (#202058)
Along with the "US govt. red tape", there are US subsidies for plant construction (read the article linked to above), and US law limits the liability of nuclear-plant operators in case of accident.

The governments of those other countries provide even more subsidies to their nuclear industries.

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