Entroper on 27 January 2008
| Lingyis said: quite frankly, i think all those issues pale in comparison to making sure this country gets the cleanest of all energies out there--nuclear power. humans are notoriously at being extremely poor at rating risks, and i just hope whoever get elected starting implementing a real nuclear power program so all this coal and oil dependence can start being alleviated. and because of a whole slew of reasons, nuclear power plants need gov't support to be successful--one reason being that it takes about 10 years to build one, so it needs to get going as soon as possible. i think most politicians actually understand this, but it's a notoriously unpopular idea that all of them cannot afford to publicly embrace it. |
If you mean we should go for fusion power, I'm with you. If you mean we should build more fission reactors, I'm not. Fission is not cost-effective compared to other sources of electricity. The immense cost of building the plant is subsidized, so it's not visible on an electricity bill, but we pay for it through taxes (just like we subsidize oil with taxes). If we're going to subsidize something, we should subsidize solar, wind, and biofuels.
@Myahon, if you don't like what you're watching, change the channel.
@ssj12, there's no such thing as a free lunch.
