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Nukes in hearts of iron 4
Nukes in hearts of iron 4












nukes in hearts of iron 4

Will well-meaning civic climate change advocates tug at our hearts? You bet. Soon we will be hammered by ads touting the benefits of off-shore windmills bringing power from the waters off Monhegan Island to East Boothbay and beyond.Īlready, the Biden administration plans to lease off-shore parcels to industrial giants. Will it be fought by politicians eager to grovel at the altar of greed or power? Of course it will. It was competing energy firms arguing over billions of greenbacks.įrom the local Rotary clubs, the great universities, to the White House, great minds and lots of not-so-great minds, like me, are trying to understand the problem and what can be done. Meanwhile, can we just take a short breather as the big boys gear up for the next battle? And there are well-funded groups that oppose any change in the status quo. If you don’t believe that, what do you think Question One was about? It was not about concerned citizens and the majestic Maine north woods.

nukes in hearts of iron 4

Who knows? But we all need electric power.

nukes in hearts of iron 4

Suddenly, the magical atomic answer to polluting, coal power plants became a major league problem. We could go on and on about Wiscasset and Maine Yankee, the plant and the hundreds of millions used to build and tear down our local nuke plant. The point is, there is no easy answer to the problem of climate change.Įven the hardened conservatives admit warming temperatures triggering wildfires and terrifying storms are evidence that something is going on with Mother Nature. What caused the atmospheric changes? Power plant pollution? Gas guzzling cars? Cow emissions? Natural weather cycles? Then a Russian-built plant in Ukraine blew up in a town called Chernobyl with fatal results. That is until 1979 when an accident occurred at a Pennsylvania nuke plant called Three Mile Island. Those who opposed the nukes were sidelined and ignored. Just substitute atomic energy for coal and, voila, we would clean up the air and all will be well. So all around the world, from Russia to Wiscasset, big companies, with help from the government, hired small armies of engineers and contractors to build nuke plants. Some communities, like Wiscasset, loved the new plants, for they brought lots of new money to the community, pumped up businesses, and fattened local government and school budgets. They told us they knew coal-fired power plants spewed pollutants from acid rain to God knows what else. The struggle over what, if anything, to do about our changing climate is just beginning. Once upon a time, our friends in the electric power field said they had the answer. This battle was fought with a plethora of gimmicks, from the incessant onslaught of TV commercials to yard signs, phone calls, and heaven knows what went on the internet.īut it is not. The losers will whine and step aside, for the voters have spoken, at least until the next round.














Nukes in hearts of iron 4