| HappySqurriel said: I would actually say that people who claim we will see cost effective and practical renewable energy from solar, wind or biofuels in our lifetime are like the people in the 1960's who envisioned everyone having a flying car by the year 2000. Realistically, Fusion and Thorium reactors are the practical energy sources of our future and most "Green" energy projects are forms of governmental waste designed to appeal to a very vocal loby while giving kickbacks to the friends of the government who is in power. |
Actually green power is very efficient especially when you look at it on the timescales you would for a nuclear power plant. Once you have the pilons and the electrical connections in place it's very cheap to replace the turbines and blades as they wear out. The same applies for solar as well.
P.S. Thorium reactors have a very big gamma radiation hurdle to cross.
Tease.
