Orlando Sentinel's Mike Thomas says bring on the nukes

ByRod Adams

The Orlando (Florida) Sentinel published a column on October 11, 2005 titled “Fossil-fuel bite real; nuclear fears are fables”. Loved it!

Mr. Thomas claims to be a radical environmentalist and devotes a good bit of space in this column explaining the significant environmental hazards of fossil – especially coal – fuel energy production. He then describes his growing recognition that the Three Mile Island incident is actually a ringing endorsement of the safety features of nuclear power plants.

Rod Adams
Rod Adams

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