> My counterclaim was that you will find zero support amongst American conservatives for a nuclear power policy anything like the successful one used in France.

> My counterclaim was that you will find zero support amongst American conservatives for a nuclear power policy anything like the successful one used in France. Can you point to any important American conservatives who publicly speak favorably about the France's nuclear system and advocate for adopting it in the US? So what? Note that US conservatives do support more nuclear plants like the ones that we have. It's also fairly easy to find conservative support for nuclear power under a variety of other circumstances. Yes, France does use reprocessing, but the US nuclear power industry didn't ban that here. Do you want to argue that the French system is cheaper because the French govt is not subject to the review cost that US companies must pay? Or is it that the French govt doesn't have to pay certain "in operation" costs by virtue of being a govt? In either case, imposing those costs is clearly a choice. BTW - You can't damn someone for not going along with an "authority" unless you accept said authority. In other words, by suggesting that we should agree with said conservatives in all things, you're saying that you do.