The energy needs will be met and hopefully the US shortfall will be reversed through a variety of methods. Among the most important are the construction of nuclear facilities using the latest technology, probably standardized across the countries following in the wise footsteps of France. The French do this one right, and we should follow their lead.
Perhaps you can find an audio archive of James Woolsey when he was on Bill Bennett's show a while back
He is a hybrid/plug in advocate and was high on the Chevy Volt.
Nuke power for plug-ins usage for around town trips, especially as a second car-grocery getter type car, would hit the Saudi's right where we want to, the wallet. Not to mention as the former CIA director noted, much cheaper.
By the sound of his praise, I wonder if he took a trip to GM and had a briefing on their plug-in/Volt efforts.
“”The energy needs will be met and hopefully the US shortfall will be reversed through a variety of methods. Among the most important are the construction of nuclear facilities using the latest technology, probably standardized across the countries following in the wise footsteps of France. The French do this one right, and we should follow their lead.””
The problem with nuclear energy is that it cn only provide electrical power. It is incapable of replacing oil which is used for transportation, mining equipment and heating. Many countries around the world are currently burning oil to create electric, but in the USA less than 3% of our electric comes from oil. So, we need to come up with an energy source that run our mining equipment, heat our homes and power our transportation sector. and we need it quickly because our population grows at 1% per year and our economy grows at ~3% per year while our oil production is declining at ~5% per year.
In regards to the French...their transportation, mining and heating sectors are just as dependant on imported oil as the United States is. They may export electric piower to the rest of Europe but they are very much at risk of declining oil production in the North Sea and from the Middle East.