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    i cut my teeth in the nuclear industry, and there is not a chance in hell (even if we were willing) to put a nuke plant on line in ten years if we were willing to do so and started today. the engineers and manufacturing ability were wiped out in the 80's. and even then, the next plant we wanted to build may be many years beyond that. it really would be 15 years before any real benefit would be seen. and since the last generation of nukes were built, the ones on the drawing boards are a vast improvement in the area of safety.

    as far as disposal of nuke waste is concerned - you have to want to have a solution before you can have one.

    for an form of energy to really be economically viable, the energy must be able to be provided 24 hours per day. i am aware of only one solar project which meets this test, and no wind project currently do. without being able to provide 24 hours per day, you must still build the conventional electrical generating stations - and then just produce less power when the alternate energy sources can contribute. this is a double whammy for consumers - we pay to build the conventional plants, and we subsidize the alternative plants.

    the road to hell is paved with good intentions,
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