[hoosierham]

If I understand correctly, radioactivity DECREASES over time, so what man does is gather naturally occuring radioactive materials and use the decay process of a large quantity to produce power. This should mean the enviroment is actually improved , since fewer trees need to be cut, oils wells drilled, windmills erected, etc.

I think part of the desire for renewables is the desire to be free of the monthly utility bills; in my case ,the government allows me to use a large enough land area that wind-driven generators, biomass gas converters, alcohol stills, solar panels, and low-head hydroelectric turbines COULD provide ALL the energy my family could use. Of course, the initial costs of construction of all these things would be many times more than the cost of purchased energy.

I say , allows me to use, BECAUSE, if I do not pay property taxes every six months on the land and improvements like buildings and energy gathering devices, the gov't will send a man with a gun toi take it away from me. (This is why property taxes are a great evil;I pay tax on my earnings,tax again on my purchases, and yet more tax for permission to keep my purchases.)

[meenie]

The cheapest alternative is hydroelectric but until we get the envirals out of the way, the development is not going to be made.