Call to build 45 new nuclear power plants

While campaigning on the energy theme, John McCain said that the only time his Democratic rival Barack Obama voted for a tax cut was for a "break for the oil companies."

Continuing he energy theme, McCain called for the construction of 45 new nuclear reactors by 2030 and pledged $2 billion a year in federal funds "to make clean coal a reality," measures designed to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

McCain said the 104 nuclear reactors currently operating around the country produce about 20 percent of the nation's annual electricity needs.

How long before environmental activists follow him wearing skeleton suits in protest? They are perennial over-reactors to nuclear reactors as shown in the cartoon in the posting below.

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