http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/archives/2005/05/nuclear_powerpo.html If externalities are excluded, but fossil-fuel prices are assumed to remain high, nuclear generation of electricity is only marginally economical. (For helpful background, see The Future of Nuclear Power: An Interdisciplinary MIT Study [2003].) The question whether to permit or... en-us http://www.pejmanesque.com/archives/010228.html I've long believed that if the United States really wants to move away from dependence on coal and oil as energy sources, it should consider nuclear power and a renewed effort behind the building of nuclear power plants. Gary Becker... http://techpolicy.typepad.com/tpp/2005/05/uk_to_go_nuclea.html Last month I was told by one of my good contacts in UK, that after the May elections, Tony Blair was planning on pushing for nuclear power in UK. This would be, he said, Tony Blair's big, bold stand on how to proceed on climate change issue in UK. Davi... http://www.TheGlitteringEye.com/archives/001000.html Here's what's caught my eye this morning: There's quite a heated discussion going on over at Dean Esmay's place about circumcision. Beautiful Atrocities has an interesting post about the prospect of and reaction to another adaptation of the Daphne Du... http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/001535.html Several stories are worth your attention this morning. Among them: *Jim Geraghty is in London and is covering the upcoming British elections. He has keen observations of his own plus links to myriad columns, articles, and blog entries. Among the... http://www.analphilosopher.com/posts/1115051454.shtml Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner take up the question whether there should be more nuclear-power plants. Here is Professor Becker's post. ...]]> http://www.jurispundit.com/2005/05/know-it-alls.html Ever get the feeling that some people know too much? I mean, there are know it alls, the people with an insatiable urge to comment on any topic (somehow technology and society has evolved to a point where we can collectively refer to them as the "blogo... http://www.crumbtrail.org/mt/archives/001178.html Many previous posts have commented on the thoughtless opposition to nuclear power that has been crippling the world and filling the skies with gunk. While nuclear power has already been shown to be perfectly safe and effective opponents still...