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Old 03-29-2011, 02:16 PM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Not really, if you think about it. I don't want to live near anything (other than trees, mountains, etc), so there's no hypocrisy in my not wanting anything in my back yard, other than the aforementioned solar on my roof, personal wind turbine, etc. However, a lot of people obviously do want to live in or near urban areas, or at least choose to do so, and I'd rather have nuclear plants there than the current coal-fired plants.

And I really don't want to live downstream from a large hydroelectric dam, either.
It sounds like your motivation is more that of being reclusive than NIMBY-ish.

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After all, one can not be merely not only NIMBY now, but also be NIABY, NAMBI and BANANA.
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