[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

What the Hell is nuclear power? Chopped liver? I'm sick and tired of these "alternative energy" articles. If they were feasible, they'd be on the market already, without being sustained by taxpayer subsidies.

Nuclear power is the most common sense energy right now for heating homes and buildings. For transportation, just drill for more oil domestically. How hard is this?

[Red Badger]

If we had PBR's in our backyards, we wouldn't be having this conversation.......

[Red Badger]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_bed_reactors

[rellimpank]

--amen, bro--and nukes would even give the hydrogen dreamers electricity to make their dream come true (at some future date)--

[Wonder Warthog]

"What the Hell is nuclear power? Chopped liver? I'm sick and tired of these "alternative energy" articles. If they were feasible, they'd be on the market already, without being sustained by taxpayer subsidies."

I'm all in favor a the "full-bore fission economy", but let's be real, here. Nuclear power was MASSIVELY "sustained by taxpayer subsidies" for a LONG time.

I think that doing the equivalent for a cheap, efficient, thin-film solar cell is a "good thing".

[CedarDave]

For transportation, just drill for more oil domestically. How hard is this?

Physically, not too hard. But the government red tape and environmentalist rules make it almost impossible especially in undisturbed areas. They would rather blame the oil companies for high prices than solve the problem (except yelling "conservation").

[Diplomat]

Nuclear power is not a feasible solution for the transportation sectors energy needs. If you do not believe me, try driving an electric car or that matter an electric truck, or better yet an electric plane.

Alternate fuels really mean alternative fuels for an internal combustion engine or like application.

[LeGrande]

Everyone seems to be missing the point. The bottom line is cost. Oil is the cheapest source of energy to run automobiles on.

The Saudi's total cost of pumping crude is less than $2.00 a barrel. True in most of the rest of the world it's around $10-15 a barrel, but the point is that is simply isn't economical at this time to jump into alternative energy and it won't be for quite a while.

No alternative energy source is going to be price competitive for 20 plus years. Our best strategy is to drain the middle east fields as fast and as cheaply as we can.