Scientists warn that increases in greenhouse gas emissions could raise the earth's average temperature by 3 to 10 degrees Fahrenheit in the next century. By comparison, the earth's temperature changed just 9 degrees during the last Ice Age. Global warming could cause a sea level rise of up to 3.5 feet over the next century, triggering massive floods worldwide. Nuclear power receives the largest government subsidy for energy while providing us with only seven percent of the nation's energy. Nuclear power also generates large amounts of radioactive waste, which remain dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years.
Medical experts agree that there is no safe level of human exposure to radiation.
According to the Congressional Research Service, the U.S. government spends 84 percent of its energy research and development funds on nuclear and fossil fuels, and only 16 percent on renewables and energy efficiency. Just another case of the industrial energy PAC tail wagging the federal budgetary dog. The U.S. must dramatically shift its energy priorities away from heavily subsidized, polluting energy sources and toward energy efficiency and renewable sources. In addition, electric utilities should provide financial incentives and assistance to their customers to use energy more efficiently. This is also a goal of House Resolution 188.