All the wind and solar energy will not give the country the energy it needs. For the time being, we need more nuclear plants and a conserted effort to develop Nano Technology if we want to get off oil...........someday.
Nuclear? But in Pres_ _ent Obama’s “energy” speech,
the following was “discussed”
Energy production by Fusion - mentioned zero times.
Energy production by Nuclear - mentioned zero times.
TheONE had “I” mentioned 22 times.
Where I live, mass transit would probably refer to the cattle hauler.
While I have nothing against nuclear power... One of the very first things Obama did was cut off funding for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository. The government is now being sued for billions of dollars by utilities that have been screwed by this decision. Yucca Mt. was studied for decades and is the best site available in the country. No one is going to build anymore nuclear power plants anywhere in this country until the issue of where the waste will be stored is answered.
In the name of Global Warming Obama has stated that he will bankrupt any company which tries to build any more coal fired power plants. We have over 500 years of already known readily accessible coal reserves in this country. By adding uncertainty Obama has assured that no new coal fired power plants will be built.
Both Coal and Nuclear power can easily provide enough efficient and affordable electrical power for our country for the foreseeable future. Windmills and solar power are not only unreliable they are only economically feasible when propped up with massive amounts of government subsidies. They are a non-solution that is only meant to distract us while our power generating capacity slowly lags behind the demand which will cause massive rate increases.
If entrepreneurs figured out a way to make unlimited amounts of electricity out of Sea Water... the Obama administration would destroy the business and any trace of the technology in short order. The goal here is not to make “clean energy” or provide “green jobs”. The goal is to destroy our economy and create a large enough crisis that the angry masses will allow our political system to collapse. It is all about power... political power.