We won't be building any more nuclear plants or fossil fuel plants and that is a big change.
Without the tax credits, synthetic fuel plants lose money.
A 1984 report studied the recovery of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel plants.
That, he said, would lead to dirtier replacement sources of electricity like fossil fuel plants.
Without the credits, which expire on Dec. 31, 2007, synthetic fuel plants would lose money.
The officials said a fire had broken out in the fuel plant and an evacuation was in progress just before the explosions.
The acid rain and greenhouse damage from these fossil fuel plants is well documented.
Those plants currently supply just over 20 percent of the nation's electricity with operating costs far below fossil fuel plants.
The Germans pushed for synthetic fuel plants, but still failed to meet demands.
The site of the nuclear fuel plant is prospering as a casino.
