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    Nuclear Power is a great option. I find it tragically hilarious that so many people are opposed to nuclear power when coal fired power plants kill 30-50,000 people every year in the northeast alone due to particulate emissions that cause cancer and a host of other health problems. They just got their asses sued of and lost on this basis. The power plants in ohio have to now pay the states of New York, New Jersey, and I think Pennsylvania as a result, to compensate for the cost of treating these people. Maybe I'm comfortable with it because I've actually toured parts of the Hanford Site. My dad worked there at the nuclear lab in the early 90's. Its essentially impossible for a chernobyl to happen the way US reactors are built. The Soviets were always compromising on safety, as the inefficiencies of their total command economy practiacally mandated it, or they'd never be able to keep up with western military spending, and as it turns out they still couldn't.

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    Oh I drive a Camaro, not the best, but not the wurst either. I get great mileage in 6th gear, but the lunatti cam has compromised my city mileage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TexSavant View Post
    Oh I drive a Camaro, not the best, but not the wurst either. I get great mileage in 6th gear, but the lunatti cam has compromised my city mileage.

    Late model V8's get fairly good gas mileage compared to some of the big SUV's and trucks. Around 18 city and 20+ highway. But I suppose the modifications would lower it to some degree, but not lower than a V8 Hummer that gets around 13/16

    Anyway, like Karn said, if the larger more industrialized countries used Nuclear power we could significantly reduce emissions

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dizz28 View Post
    Late model V8's get fairly good gas mileage compared to some of the big SUV's and trucks. Around 18 city and 20+ highway. But I suppose the modifications would lower it to some degree, but not lower than a V8 Hummer that gets around 13/16

    Anyway, like Karn said, if the larger more industrialized countries used Nuclear power we could significantly reduce emissions
    I have a '68 camaro as well and would love to get 18 mpg..............

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    Quote Originally Posted by Logan13 View Post
    I have a '68 camaro as well and would love to get 18 mpg..............
    that's why I said late model

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