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Just when I thought all of America's college professors had gone so liberal that they could not see the forest because of the trees.

The Daily Vidette, which is a student newspaper for Illinois State University, ran an interview of a chemistry professor.

Robert Quandt, an associate professor of chemistry, proposed for people who are serious about stopping global warming to start building nuclear reactors.

"I don't think it's as serious, but if you really think (global warming) is that serious of a problem, the best way around it is to start building nuclear reactors," Quandt said. "You can keep up our energy supply and you're not burning coal to generate electricity. People have objections to nuclear reactors for other reasons, but if you thought global warming was that big of a threat, that would be the logical first step. That's something we can do. We have the technology, and it doesn't rely on hydrogen-powered cars or fuel cells that are still probably, at best, decades away."

Quandt said he is skeptical about the seriousness of the global warming situation.

"I encourage everybody to look into both sides (of the global warming argument)," Quandt said. "We don't know how much is in the natural process, and how much is anthropogenic, which is a buzzword for man-made."

Great job professor!

As far as nuclear power, I am all for it! Why haven't we been building plants like crazy?

According to Wikipedia

As of 2007, Watts Bar 1, which came on-line in Feb. 7, 1996, was the last U.S. commercial nuclear reactor to go on-line.

No plans for new plants either!