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Between basic economics, security, national competitiveness the push to a clean economy creates jobs, the logic for a distributed, non-nuclear, non-fossil-fuel grid and transportation network seems very strong.

Andrew Winston: Does Nuclear Energy Make Sense? Andrew Winston 2011

The source of this information, a recent report from the co-founders of Global Zero, Bruce Blair and Matt Brown, goes so far as to say that this figure of $1 trillion by the 8.5 nuclear states North Korea is halfway there is a conservative estimate: "It would go higher still if the true intentions of many non-nuclear weapons countries could be divined and their secret weapons programs added to the total."

Rev. Richard Cizik: People Of Faith Must Call A Halt To Nuclear Spending Rev. Richard Cizik 2011

Ask the folks in Iraq how painless it was to experience non-nuclear retaliation on the misplaced suspicion of their possession of chemical and biological capabilities.

Think Progress » Conservatives Falsely Claim New Obama Nuke Policy Prevents Nuclear Retaliation Against Chem/Bio Attack 2010

Between basic economics, security, national competitiveness the push to a clean economy creates jobs, the logic for a distributed, non-nuclear, non-fossil-fuel grid and transportation network seems very strong.

Andrew Winston: Does Nuclear Energy Make Sense? Andrew Winston 2011

Nuclear weapons contain nuclear material; that material is constantly decaying and irradiating everything around it, in particular, all the non-nuclear components of the weapon, such as fuzing, security, and safety devices.

Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010

… To that end, the United States is now prepared to … declar [e] that the United States will not use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear weapons states that are party to the NPT and in compliance with their nuclear non-proliferation obligations.

Think Progress » Conservatives Falsely Claim New Obama Nuke Policy Prevents Nuclear Retaliation Against Chem/Bio Attack 2010

Obviously some technology should be kept out of the hands of non-nuclear countries.

Think Progress » Atomic scientists push back Doomsday Clock because of Obama’s ‘pragmatic’ foreign policy. 2010

Imports rose 13.6% on-month, as the price of oil and other non-nuclear fuels rose on year, ministry data showed.

Japan Current-Account Surplus Sharply Lower Andrew Monahan 2011

With the advent of U.S. conventional military preeminence and continued improvements in U.S. missile defenses and capabilities to counter and mitigate the effects of [Chemical and Biological Weopans] CBW, the role of U.S. nuclear weapons in deterring non-nuclear attacks – conventional, biological, or chemical – has declined significantly.

Think Progress » Conservatives Falsely Claim New Obama Nuke Policy Prevents Nuclear Retaliation Against Chem/Bio Attack 2010

The Bush administration altered decades of nuclear weapons policy when it threatened to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states, even creating first-strike scenarios.

Think Progress » Lieberman Gets A Chuckle Out Of Peddling Far-Right Nuke Myth 2010