timschochet
Footballguy
I know a lot of folks are concerned about safety issues and where to store the waste. I’m no expert but it seems to me that these are not insolvable problems, because right now France gets 70% of their total energy from nuclear. Besides, let’s examine the many advantages:
1. Once past the initial investment (which will take government money to be sure) its both cheap and profitable. None of the so-called “clean” energy sources are profitable yet- they might be some day but not now.
2. Obviously it’s fossil fuel free. No carbon footprint.
3. If technology ever develops a way to produce energy from nuclear fusion, that will basically solve all of our energy problems for generations or forever.
4. Conservatives love it. Why is this such a benefit? Because for 20 years we’ve been arguing with conservatives about climate change and what to do about it, time is of the essence, and we’re still not getting anything done. What if instead of all the fighting, we were to approach conservatives and say, “Hey we don’t care what you think about climate change, surely you see the advantage to weaning us off of fossil fuels, right? You love nuclear, lets make a huge investment in nuclear.” I think they’d go along with this in a heartbeat. Conservatives reading this, you guys tell me if I’m right.
I dunno, this seems like a way to cut through the mess here. Thoughts?
1. Once past the initial investment (which will take government money to be sure) its both cheap and profitable. None of the so-called “clean” energy sources are profitable yet- they might be some day but not now.
2. Obviously it’s fossil fuel free. No carbon footprint.
3. If technology ever develops a way to produce energy from nuclear fusion, that will basically solve all of our energy problems for generations or forever.
4. Conservatives love it. Why is this such a benefit? Because for 20 years we’ve been arguing with conservatives about climate change and what to do about it, time is of the essence, and we’re still not getting anything done. What if instead of all the fighting, we were to approach conservatives and say, “Hey we don’t care what you think about climate change, surely you see the advantage to weaning us off of fossil fuels, right? You love nuclear, lets make a huge investment in nuclear.” I think they’d go along with this in a heartbeat. Conservatives reading this, you guys tell me if I’m right.
I dunno, this seems like a way to cut through the mess here. Thoughts?