[The Shootist]

I'm not going to write 5496 words on the subject but I do have this to say.

Nuclear is a short-term and ultimately messy power source.

We should invest in low cost to orbit launch technologies and build Solar Power Stations in Earth orbit. We have the technology to do this NOW. It is only a matter of engineering.

Beam the power down to receivers via microwaves and have all the non-polluting electricity we will ever need.

[Fish out of Water]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Interesting article, thanks for posting it!

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[Rebel_Ace]

The "greenies" have the nuclear fission reactor industry in a stranglehold, and they have already won the hearts (not the minds) of the general public.

If we want to be able to kiss off dependence upon foreign fuel sources, we must fully exploit our own coal reserves, our nuclear fission capabilities as well as push for the development of commercial fusion reactors.

Once controlled nuclear fusion is a reality, then we can truly move to a "hydrogen based" economy.

[Cicero]

Fusion is a long way off, if it's possible at all. And so are all the alternatives. Nuclear power is the only practical way out of our energy dependence.

But the public has been brainwashed on this issue for twenty years. It would be an enormous fight to change the perception, because the liberal press would be certain to see it as an opportunity to kill the conservative movement.

Yes, this is the only answer. Already the French get 70% of their power from nuclear plants. But the leftist politicians and the media will probably never let it happen.

[Centurion2000]

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[John Jamieson]

YES!

[farmfriend]

I hate these long ones. I can never finish reading them. OK, no surprise there.