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2016 Postmortem

Gregorian

(23,867 posts) Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:03 PM Feb 2016

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Fossil Fuels Are Not More Important than Our Future | Bernie Sanders

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Fossil Fuels Are Not More Important than Our Future | Bernie Sanders (Original Post) Gregorian Feb 2016 OP

And where are Vermont Yankee's customers getting their electricity from now? NuclearDem Feb 2016 #1

Hint - Bernie is not a legislator in Vermont. He does not write legislation in Vermont, nor does he jillan Feb 2016 #3

Hint: Bernie Sanders hadn't exactly been a friend to VY in the US Senate NuclearDem Feb 2016 #4

Thank goodness for that! jillan Feb 2016 #5

Yes, the environment really won when Vermont started using more natural gas. NuclearDem Feb 2016 #6

Wow - Bernie is really improving his stump speech. jillan Feb 2016 #2

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

1. And where are Vermont Yankee's customers getting their electricity from now?

Reply to Gregorian (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:15 PM

Feb 2016

Hint: rhymes with bale and gatural nas.

jillan

(39,451 posts)

3. Hint - Bernie is not a legislator in Vermont. He does not write legislation in Vermont, nor does he

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:18 PM

Feb 2016

vote on it.

He is in the US Senate.

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

4. Hint: Bernie Sanders hadn't exactly been a friend to VY in the US Senate

Reply to jillan (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:24 PM

Feb 2016

http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/bernie-sanders-urges-obama-to-declare-a-nuclear-moratorium

He's anti-nuclear power. Solar and wind alone aren't going to be enough by a long shot.

jillan

(39,451 posts)

5. Thank goodness for that!

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:25 PM

Feb 2016

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

6. Yes, the environment really won when Vermont started using more natural gas.

Reply to jillan (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:27 PM

Feb 2016

Natural gas produced by tearing up the mountains and poisoning your water.

All because people halfway across the globe made unfathomably stupid decisions in their building designs.

jillan

(39,451 posts)

2. Wow - Bernie is really improving his stump speech.

Reply to Gregorian (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 08:17 PM

Feb 2016

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