Alternative energies are oversold    • Follow Letters  I
participated in the recent Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
meetings in North Augusta. I was proud to see mayors, council
members, representatives, senators, scientists and ordinary
citizens from the CSRA voice solid, thoughtful support for GNEP.
I was not proud to hear the bused-in "anti-nukes" and witness
their antics. ...  Certain "facts" were presented in opposition
to GNEP. One of the most egregious is that wind power and
similar alternatives can take the place of large-scale power
generation facilities. Have these anti-nukes not done their
homework, or are they so against nuclear or any large power
plants they would twist the facts?  Studies show that
alternatives have their place, literally and figuratively. Not
every place has the constant wind or sunlight needed to power
these alternatives. Further, there are no batteries large enough
to store energy on the scale needed to power the homes of the
500,000 people in the CSRA, not to mention manuf