Apparently someone else knows that too:
The Senate version of the bill had contained $4.6 billion for the research and development of carbon-capture-and-sequestration technologies for coal-fired power plants and $50 billion in loan guarantees for the nuclear industry, but that funding appears to have been dropped entirely, to the delight of enviros.
“This is a huge win, for our planet and for taxpayers who want stimulus funds to be invested wisely,” said Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder. “The bailout in question would have thrilled nuclear industry lobbyists but done virtually nothing to stimulate the economy. Congressional leaders did the right thing and prevented waste by removing this bailout.”
Seems to me that these guys don’t want to be like Europe right? Well, wouldn’t more Nuclear power put us right up there with France? I don’t know about you, but does the sight of a 200 foot tall, 200 foot wide, cooling tower out your back yard give your house that bump in value like say….a lake does?