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Old 07-22-2008, 01:24 PM   #29 (permalink)
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I'll skip the Gore bashing. I think he's a @$$, but at least he has the right idea. It's not quite achievable in 10 years, but if we never try...

Wind and solar are awesome things, but I wouldn't bet on those for base generation in most areas. There are places that they would work really well, but it's not a total solution.

Nuclear is not the bad guy. Our current nuclear infrastructure is old and not as efficient as it could be. New plants would be far more efficient. New methods of recycling spent fuel into new fuel have been developed to skip the whole issue of a radioactive legacy. We could certainly do worse than using France as a model.
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