The Future of Nuclear Power in the US

[flowewritharoma]

I think nice lecture.

[gunthaarz]

Energy saving and efficency programs can create ten times more energy than thousands of windmills or dozens of nuclear powerplants. a nuclear plant costs billions to build and operate and clean up. So its a huge drain on the economy, inefficient and lacks cleaning. No most nuclear waste is not recyclable. a tiny part. Sellafield UK plant was built to recycle waste but check its efficiency... it does not have a good record..

[gigibson2718]

I don't think its an issue of whether it's perfect or not. Of course it's not 100% efficient, nothing is. The question that we, as a race, need to ask ourselves is, "is there anything anywhere near as viable as nuclear power in the near future?" The answer is no. I hate to tell all you wind/solar/geothermal people, but 50 years from now is too late.

[gunthaarz]

@gigibson2718 .. hm.. you know, it's not immediately profitable to run schools, or military, but we do it anyway. Actually pouring money into the military is just pure consume. So. building solar energy and wind energy is profitable as hell in comparison. And if we had to choose between surviving and building solar panels and windmills.. well, we would survive AND build them, AND make a profit.

[SniperViper1000]

@gunthaarz Solar panels and wind power isn't efficent enough say what you want but with the cost to build and transport energy it would be more profitable to builb nuclear plants something that in my eye is the future.

[gunthaarz]

@SniperViper1000 wave power has been researched in sweden and has come a long way. really enormous amounts of weight and energy is stored in even very small waves if you have huge pontoons coupled with some kind of leverage system. Images are available of the swedish research stations. All this has been known for a century but zero invested in research. Someone is holding us all back.

[SniperViper1000]

@gunthaarz Wave power? You mean Hydro? (Well that's what it's called in Canada).

I idea it's a good idea but it kills fish and can ruin their migration patterns although i wouldn't mind fake rivers that'd be fine with me.