| Rath said: @TheRealMafoo. Are you sure that nuclear and hydro power costs more than three times as much as fossil fueled power stations or did you just make that number up? Also any source for the number of people in the US that die from not being able to afford electricity? |
Most environmentalist will not accept nuclear power as a clean alternative. Hydro power yes, but it can't power all of the US.
As for statistics. I have no clue. I would guess however, it's virtually imposable to be less then 12 in a country of 300,000,000. So, I am safe saying dozens (even if in the end, it's 1 dozen).
And if today we stopped using fossil fuels, and started using wind and solar, our bill would go up closer to 50 times, not 3, so I just picked a low number, because in reality, if we ever did this, it would be slow.
While I can't come up with statistics for the above, you do have to agree, that if we just removed on average $200 a month from every household, the effects it would have on a large part of the population could be severe (The average electric bill in the US, is $99.70).
Why do it, if the problem solved is minor? Wouldn't you want to know why your doing something, if the negative impacts of doing it is major?
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/quickelectric.html
