Are Americans paying more for energy because the nuke and coal plants stole the money for cleanup

Your bill included money for the maintenance and clean up of these plants.

The money is gone, like your Social Security money.

Now you get bigger bills. The govt. will piss off the new money and still not clean up the mess.

reply to post by sonofonehunlo

The answer is no.

While there are a few other factors, we are paying more because the Federal Reserve in collusion with our government is devaluing our dollar.

And since all commodities are priced in dollars, naturally the prices will rise or we will be able to afford less with the same amount of money i.e. inflation.

Of-course the government doesn't include the price of commodities in the CPI so it can claim that inflation is low and so the Federal Reserve can continue to devalue our dollar while telling us that prices arent rising...

Originally posted by gladtobehere
reply to post by sonofonehunlo

 

The answer is no.

While there are a few other factors, we are paying more because the Federal Reserve in collusion with our government is devaluing our dollar.

And since all commodities are priced in dollars, naturally the prices will rise or we will be able to afford less with the same amount of money i.e. inflation.

Of-course the government doesn't include the price of commodities in the CPI so it can claim that inflation is low and so the Federal Reserve can continue to devalue our dollar while telling us that prices arent rising...

edit on 3-10-2012 by gladtobehere because: (no reason given)

The answer is yes. Step out of the box, or plastic grocery bag.

These power plants collected money for cleanup of the plants after closure. The money is gone.

Some nuke plants have gotten a 50 year extension to cover the clean up. In fact, the extension was automatic to any plant that requested it.