By John Roach Vice President Dick Cheney believes that nuclear energy must be a part of the country s long-term energy strategy. Pictured here, the Salem Unit 2 plant near Wilmington, Delaware. Blackouts roll across California. Icebergs calve in the Antarctic Peninsula. Salmon migrate via barges.
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The United States wants energy. The Earth needs to cool down. Vice President Dick Cheney thinks so. Cheney has jumped on the nuclear energy bandwagon as an answer to both the U.S.'s energy crisis and the world's high fever. If you want to do something about carbon dioxide emissions, then you ought to build nuclear power plants.