Word: nuclearization
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...hydro renewables), and there's growing doubt that even Obama's greener policies can bring us there. The cap-and-trade bill circulating in Congress contains a weak renewable-energy standard -just 20% of U.S. electricity would need to come from renewables by 2020, but that allows for nuclear power, and many utilities would be allowed to escape the requirement altogether. "We're off to a slow start," says Peter Duprey, CEO of Acciona Energy North America, which operates wind, solar and biofuel plants. "I'm disappointed with how things have gone [under Obama...
...achieved greater penetration than in the U.S. But there seems to be little chance of that happening in Washington, in part because the nascent renewable-energy industry lacks lobbying might. "It's hard out there for us," says Duprey. "We're not as well organized as the coal or nuclear industry." Renewables like wind may have science on their side - but that may not matter until they can make their voice heard in Washington...
Mottahedeh also suggested that the West may not have as much to fear from the threat of a nuclear Iran as it thinks...
...Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said that the United States must take whatever steps necessary to ensure that Iran does not procure a nuclear bomb...
...Iranian government is so disorganized that God knows if they even know where [the nuclear program] is,” he said. “It’s fractured, I should say—not disorganized. So fractured that one part doesn’t know what the other part’s doing...