Jerry Taylor discusses Nuclear Energy on FBN

4-1-10

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Cato
• Institute
• Jerry
• Taylor
• Nuclear
• Stossel
• FOX
• FBN
• Libertarian
• Energy

[VisitingXenoc133]

Personally I would prefer affordable nuclear energy, which I do believe the market could bring about, Fusion would be interesting if we could get our technology to that level.

But I do respect what this guy has to say. And Stossel seems to have a show better than most others on FOX.

[17Spartacus76]

This guy's obviously never read about IFR's and LFTR's... they mop the floor with any other proposed energy source.

[55babay]

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[waynemv]

Support Energy from Thorium.

[XCritonX]

@VisitingXenoc133 Right now a major private effort is underway to create very small, 100% sealed nuclear plants that last 100 years without any maintenance. They would be commercially available and viable. It is about 10 - 15 years out. We are going to have to burn lots of fossil fuels until then. We don't really have a choice.

[1czelaya]

The Libertarian view is always the most enlightening. I'm not very surprised that they aren't leaning towards a Democrat or Republican viewpoint. However, I'm most interested with the last question. How do nuclear companies benefit from regulation-other than from subsidization? Again, as always, The Cato Institute has challenged my views. Off to research the nuclear industry.

[AngrySkeptic]

One of the worst videos out of Cato I've seen.

Nuclear power has the lowest price per kilowatt hour out of all energy sources. So many poor arguments in here that it would take a 10 minute video to debunk.

France "suffers" from the lowest energy prices in Europe.

[ltlblugrl]

Yay. Glad to hear this from Cato. I've always hated nuclear energy because the waste is awful toxic stuff that needs to be isolated and managed for thousands of years.

[ohgodmynutbladder]

Even if you're going to denounce global warming, which I'm fine with, I realize everyone on the right wants to pretend it doesn't exist, to not even acknowledge it in a debate on energy is kind of absurd.

Yes nuclear is expensive, but it has no emissions. No one is going to argue with you that Nuclear is better all around, we will argue that the cost of nuclear is justified by no carbon emissions.

Also if governments invest in nuclear technology, a breakthrough could make it price effective.

[bamatecangel7]

Nothing like a little reality to bit a greenie in the arse... Now don't get me wrong, personally spent some of my own money back in the 70's trying to make my hog farm generate enough methane to make it worthwhile as an investment. Worked on a horizontal axis windmill too... but had to make a living at the same time so gave it up. Right now, our best hope is NatGas in vehicles until some smartie pants figures out a way forward without going back to caves.. Spain is going broke doing solar.

[yougiberishtube]

thumbs up

[a4finger]

I hope nuclear plants will become more economical in the future, because going just by the fuel type and amount, u get way more power from nuclear