Article: The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Paul Carpenter column: PPL nuke news raises questions about options.(Column)

Byline: Paul Carpenter

Jun. 17--After 28 years of trepidation, is Pennsylvania ready for a big new nuclear reactor? A better question, perhaps, is whether we are ready for brownouts, or blackouts, or gigantic electric bills, or the consequences of global warming, which seems to be a valid threat no matter how feverishly Pollyanna and President Bush play the Glad Game. Unfortunately, windmills, hydroelectric dams and solar roof panels are not going to keep us illuminated at night. Supplies of coal, oil and gas are going to diminish, if they don't choke us all to death first, and prices will soar. Pennsylvania was the first state to have a commercial ...

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