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The Bull Case for Uranium

We also need to put money into developing and demonstrating new types of Nuclear power plant that cannot have runaway reactions (inherently safe) and utilizes more of the fuel. I am talking about Pebble Bed reactors. Looking futher into the future we should develop and construct fast breeder nukes which will provide us with almost perpetual energy.

While we are doing the above, mankind also has to start thinking about limiting then reducing the world's unsustainable population growth. Individuals in Russia and nothern Europe have already made their decisions to have smaller families or no children at all. People in the developing world (includes China and India) have to buy into it.

Ten Insights on Carbon Policy

It takes only 2 years to build a conventional nuke but 6-8 yrs to license which is insane since we have 100 of them runing in the US alone with combined safe, reliable operating experience of more than 2800 years. We need to start building them in the US now since we can control its safety and security. We need a new President who is intellectually capable (one with a vision), whose is devoted to the US and the world, and not a professional politician.

On population growth, China is way ahead of everyone else and does not even get credit for it....until a few years fro now.

Ten Insights on Carbon Policy

Easily, this is the best article I have read on energy/global warming subject. It is wide ranging and insightful. I would like to add my view to these insights.

Insight #11. Nuclear Power Staions is the 2000# Gorilla

Shifting to totally electric powered cars/light trucks (for short trips of 100mi or less), appliances, tools, factories, etc., (offices are aready there and residences have to follow) is the direction we are beginning to go. Nukes' lower cost electricity and 24/7 availability regardless of weather conditions, is it's hugh unparalleled advantage, especially in the long term. Objections to nuclear waste handling and security are very solvable problems that just needs effort and investment in the scale of the Lunar Moon Landing or the Manhattan Project. Fuel reprocessing and pebble bed reactors just need more engineering and research effort to make them effective. Fuel reprocessing will stretch our nuclear fuel by several hundreds if not thousands of years. Fast breeder reactors will stretch it to infinity.

Human kind can, and will have to switch to electricity in perhaps 75% of it's activities to stop and slightly reverse Global Warming and it is doable. (25% such as planes and long distance travel will still need hydrocarbo fuels.) Further into the future and ultimately, the human population with it's inherent need for power and heat to live, albeit from hydrocarbon or electric sources, have to slow down and eventually reduce it's growth. As has now become apparent, 6 billion people is more than the Earth can support.