On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 06:10:18PM -0800, Justin Keyes wrote:
> I think nuclear energy is an ok way to go for now. You forgot natural
> gas... propane. That's a perfectly viable alternative that is better
> for the environment as well; also, we can create it artificially;
> also, there is at least as much of it available as there is petroleum.
> In the mean time, work on a way to safely use plutonium and/or
> economically use fusion. Infrastructure is not really a big deal....
> people are just scared of change.
>
Here's the problem: waste. There's nowhere to put it safely. And no
reactors that I'm aware of produce waste with a half-life of less than
hundreds, if not thousands of years.
Otherwise, _great_ idea. ;-}
Paul
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