[ckilmer]

imho the USA has been steadily decapitalized for the last 40 years.

The biggest and most important thing that the USA can do is recapitalize.

I’m in favor of thorium reactors because they promise to cut the cost of electricity to 1/4-1/10 current cheapest coal based electrical power generation.

I’ve not heard that hydrogen could do the same thing. But if it could — then I’d be in favor of that too.

[American Constitutionalist]

Yes I have not heard that hydrogen would be as cheap either but what favors hydrogen is that it is plentiful almost none exhaustible.
Of course hydrogen won't be the sole source of energy in the future for the one whom is smart would diversify in many cheap and easy to get energy sources.... if it is possible.
I can see where hydrogen can be used efficiently as a cooking source or in static stationary uses.
That is ? until it can be stored and produced in a vehicle safely and economically.
Your absolutely correct that thorium reactors is a huge game changer and can open up a whole new world for us as far as energy is concerned.

[American Constitutionalist]

Even though us evil right wingers are not radical shove it down your throat environmentalist wackos, we do care and want to use what we have wisely.
Yes Liberals ? Environmentalist ? take the time to listen to us instead of listening to your radical agenda propaganda.
Yes, we are for solar, wind, and renewable energy sources, that is ?
When those energy sources mature to the point where it can logically and economically power our whole country and not at the determent of losing jobs or hurting the economy.
I wish our side would get that message out and keep getting the message out...
We are not against keeping the environment clean, or being good stewards of what God has given up, but on the other hand we want to promote jobs, and promote a strong economy, a strong fiscal country, strong national defense so on and so on....
There must be a level headed and logical balance approach.
What the radical environmentalist wackos want us to do is to jump over the cliff with blind faith without testing or maturing the so called " Green technologies " and go head long to our doom.
What I propose is to keep using the technologies what we have now to keep our country strong and viable, and develop new technologies to improve on our current oil, gas, coal traditional infrastructure,
and at the same time ?
While we use those traditional energy sources, keep developing, and improving on those renewables until they are mature and can viability power our country and not at the determent of our countries national security, or our national economy, jobs and our future.
Of course ?
That's to logical and smart for the liberal environmentalist wackos for their agenda is to drive America into the pit of doom.

I challenge any liberal or environmentalist here on Free Republic to come here and challenge that.