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Old 10-27-2015, 08:11 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Mostly agree with all the above.

With all things, there are always trade-offs. Once the trade-offs are considered, I choose to be for or against something. In the case of nuclear energy, I favor it if the alternative is building another fossil fuel plant.

I'd like to see renewable generation become the economical way to produce energy, with nukes making up for any deficiencies in demand and for peaking.
Yup .. My tweak would be.

Fission is a known dead end , long term .. with absolutely no way to avoid that .. At best it's a short term patch.

Long term RE with energy storage , and our own Fusion Reactors.

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