How is there a distinction?

I really like Brian Moran.  But I would like to know how he justifies voting for the Wise County plant when he is taking this position about the Surry Plant.  If he thinks the technology isn't "clean", how is the technology at the Wise plant any better?  It's not, it is the same.

While he expresses the desire to protect the Chesapeake Bay, what about the Clinch River in Far Southwest, one of the most ecologically diverse ecosystems in North America?   What about other bodies of water in Southwest, and the mercury that will be spewed into the air of  one of the most pristine ecological environments in our Commonwealth?    How are these positions consistent?  

Perhaps there is an explanation, but I haven't heard one.  It almost seems as if SW Virginia and its inhabitants have been deemed less worthy of protection.

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by: yeswedid @ Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 08:48:13 AM CDT

Dominion $

Others have brought this up.  Wise County is a Dominion plant.... and Surry is a Old Dominion Electric Cooperative plant.......

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by: Dan @ Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 09:06:13 AM CDT

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Technology

The technology is EXACTLY the same....Is Moran saying that it isn't the same?  Is he saying that Dominion isn't going to be spewing Mercury and other pollutants into the fresh mountain air of Southwest Virginia?  If he is saying that I want to hear that because the environmental community would totally disagree with that.

The plant in Surry was envisioned to use exactly the same "state of the art" (ugh!) technology as the plant in Wise.

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by: yeswedid @ Fri Apr 24, 2009 at 09:47:16 AM CDT

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Just shows partisan politics....

Wise county promoter donated to his campaign, Surry Plant promoter did not :)

I used to live in SW Virginia, and it is one of the best places in the world (I should know, having lived in 3 continents), particularly for growing families and raising children.  Too bad Moran does not appear to respect those inhabitants.

Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
At all the times you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
John Wesley

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by: alankrishnan @ Sun Apr 26, 2009 at 01:22:39 AM CDT

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