<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Samuel Thernstrom]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=15191Author <![CDATA[Gore's Climate Claptrap]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0700 Almost no one believes Gore's proposal is even technically feasible, much less economically realistic. This is the sort of goal that a politician plucks out of thin air just because it sounds bold; it has no bearing on reality whatsoever. Renewables produce roughly 2.3 percent of our power today; it may be possible to increase that number significantly, but the idea of generating all of America's electricity with renewables within a decade is simply laughable. Underscoring the absurdity of this agenda is Gore's silence on the one source of energy that realistically could quickly produce significant amounts of reliable, affordable, zero-emissions energy: nuclear.

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