“And you would store that waste....where? That is the problem I don’t think we are ever going to get worked out. “
It’s a solved problem. Nulcear used fuel is a valuable resource that should be recycled, just like aluminum cans. It’s easier to recycle if the short-lived radioactivity dies down. so ... You store it on site at the nuclear power plant site for 50 years (dry cask storage, been doing that for the last 40 year laready no problem), at which point it is a lot cooler. Store it another 50 years at Yucca Mountain and/or then reprocess it as Mox-type fuel for another go around.
by 2050, we should have lead-bismuth fast reactors that can use up this stuff and burn it completely so there is zero real nuclear waste ove time.
“And I think the greenies gave up on solar power...now that too many people are using it and getting paid for it. :)”
People are paid for solar because it is a taxpayer-funded boondoggle. yet solar gives us less than 1% of our energy. meanwhile nuclear generates 20% of our power.
With all the money we waste on ‘alternative energy’ and ethanol subsidies, we could redirect is on cost-effective nuclear power and end forever the ‘threat’ of global warming.
“by 2050, we should have lead-bismuth fast reactors that can use up this stuff and burn it completely so there is zero real nuclear waste ove time.”
Interesting...did not know that. That should reduce costs...shouldn’t it?
“People are paid for solar because it is a taxpayer-funded boondoggle. yet solar gives us less than 1% of our energy. meanwhile nuclear generates 20% of our power”
I’ve heard people say nucluer is a taxpayer boondoggle as well. Not sure how the math works out on that, but it seems nucluer adds more to the system then it takes out...although I’m not quite sure what the truth is.
“With all the money we waste on ‘alternative energy’ and ethanol subsidies, we could redirect is on cost-effective nuclear power and end forever the ‘threat’ of global warming.”
Biofuels will likely be really important....especially algae biomass. I’d much rather congress award based on results ie if you meet a particular standard that’s competitive or semi-competitive to our current energy...you get capital.
I don’t think it’s in our interest to depend on foreign petro...but then again just throwing money at the problem isn’t the most efficient way of changing things. For some reason I’m not as worried about electricity than petro. Maybe because we have the means to survive on our resources.
I just don’t think the dems have the political capital to fight companies in that sense. We’ll have electrical energy at home...but the petro is another issue in itself.