[jpsb]

I think a wind generator is fine for a homeowner, small business etc, to try and save a few bucks on thier electric bill. However wind at best will be a very small contributer to any major USA grid. I'd say dido solar but solar has potential so maybe solar will someday be a big contributor.

I like nukes, but I've heard that it costs more to decommission a nuke plant then it cost to build and operate it. Not sure if this is true, but if it is then nukes might not be all that great of an idea either. Maybe coal with really good environmental controls is our best option.

[Pontiac]

I like nukes, but I've heard that it costs more to decommission a nuke plant then it cost to build and operate it. Not sure if this is true, but if it is then nukes might not be all that great of an idea either.

Nukes are required by law to bank money during their life time for decommissioning. If the plant is sold the money for decommissioning goes with the plant.

[Publius6961]

I think a wind generator is fine for a homeowner, small business etc, to try and save a few bucks on thier electric bill. However wind at best will be a very small contributer to any major USA grid. I'd say dido solar but solar has potential so maybe solar will someday be a big contributor.

If --- and only if --- that homeowner is a long distance from commercial powerlines.

Wind and/or solar with battery backup, power cells and maintenance, is what? a $50k investment and $400 a month maintenance?

[Publius6961]

I like nukes, but I've heard that it costs more to decommission a nuke plant then it cost to build and operate it.

I doubt that very much.
I do know that there are functional morons on this forum who constantly claim that it costs more to get rid of a Prius after its useful life than it cost to buy it.

Don't believe everything you hear.