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A place we don't have nuke plants. great. what are you going to unplug in your home? is it your air conditioning in the summer? your tv. your computer. your lights. what are you going to do? go without heat in the winter? by the way, they can control the heat with a smart grid soon. we knew that all along. with the cap-and-trade system they can't pass in congress but they are installing it anyway with regulation. what does the president say? it will necessarily make energy prices skyrocket. so you have this or what? who is hurt by this? is it bill gates? is it bill clin top? is it me? no. no n...

Four. gas was driving out u.s. nuclear long before this disaster in japan. jon: well, this situation in japan, obviously, isn't helping the prospects for nuclear power many this country or just about anywhere else, but there are countries that are going to be building a lot of nuke plants. >> well, and that's one of the points i make in the daily beast today. china, in fact, one of the top nuclear officials in china just last friday confirm today a japanese newspaper that the chinese are planning to go ahead with 60 nuclear reactors in china over the next decade. so, yes, this is going to slow...

As high as 7 point something on the richter scale. you can see from these photos the massive fires have broken out as well. there was one at that nuclear plant and they initially sent out an emergency about that saying they could not cool the plant but no radiation has leaked. and that appears to be not still a cause of concern. meantime, scott peterson is the senior vice president of communications for the national energy institute and joins us now on the phone. i guess we just -- we'll get back to scott in a minute. i'd love to know his thoughts on that whole nuclear situation over in japan....

Martha: david krisanti is live. what is happening at the power plant right now. >> reporter: reactors one, through, three and four are causing extreme problems for authorities. there were plans to put water on reactor number 3 which was overheading, that was abandoned because of radiation concerns. japan's nuclear agency is saying that radioactive fuel pools at that reactor are overheating. authorities are now working on a plan to use a water cannon to cool down a pool which is storing spent fuel rods at the number 4 reactor who was on fire earlier today. jenna: we are taking a look at the hel...