>>>Many believe that he should be ordering the building of more nuclear power plants as soon as possible to stop increasing the global warming pollution and radioactivity from coal-burning power plants — and show the oil exporting countries that the U.S. will develop its own sources of energy. Even plug-in electric cars are a fantasy without cheap, non-polluting nuclear power to charge the batteries.<<<
I go a step further...
Why build a power plant with cooling towers? Why pump waste heat into the rivers, ocean and creating cooling towers to pump the most abundant and most effective atmospheric heat insulation there is - water vapor.
Heat is a resource! USE IT!
Could you imagine 100 acres of greenhouses surrounding a power plant - wood, grain and sewage sludge being dried in the summer and veggies and natural gas produced in the winter - bio-digesters are not effective without heat for the anaerobic fermentation of organic matter - use the ‘waste’ heat for it.
Oh, if they are so worried about CO2, why not insist that China put out the coal mine fires in their country ( the co and co2 exceeds total from ALL American cars each year) Maybe we should put out the ones at Centralia PA too.
Sorry, end of rant...
I go a step further...
Why build a power plant with cooling towers? Why pump waste heat into the rivers, ocean and creating cooling towers to pump the most abundant and most effective atmospheric heat insulation there is - water vapor.<<<
You and Dr. Bill will get along, very nicely.
I have heard him say many times that the next generation of nuclear plants, will not be like the old ones that we have now.
He says that other countries are using the American patents now.
I think he is one of the patent holders for nuclear plants.
I know he designed nuclear weapons and part of the space ships.
LOL, he was born poor, a Caterpillar operator for a dad and lots of going to where the work was.
Dr. Bill has a curious mind and his dad would park him in the library to find the answers and study, all over the west, where ever there was work.
They lived in a Cabin on the Calif. Nevada border, high country and ranching country.
Dr. Bill dreamed of coming of age and being a cowboy.
He was through high school at 14 or 15, not due to being a brain, but from the way he was more or less home schooled.
He had applied for college and Berkley accepted him with a scholarship given to him.
He had it all set to start a cowboy job and then Dad found the letter and asked about it, Bill said I want to be a cowboy and dad said “In 2 hours you will be on the bus to college, get ready...” and he was.
He was also one of the youngest ever professors there.
He would love to talk to you about why your plan will work or will not work, and would encourage you to do it.