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Pernick: As Oil Prices Go Up, Clean Energy Costs Fall

Yeah, but it can power electric cars and trains.


On May 19 11:43 PM Windsun33 wrote:

> Solar and wind do not replace oil, they replace coal power generatrion
> primarily. 10 trillion gigawatts of wind will not put a gallon of
> gas in your car.
>
> That seems to be the most common fallacy and most common flaw in
> all these oil vs solar type arguments.

Pernick: As Oil Prices Go Up, Clean Energy Costs Fall

What about nuclear power? It is the best alternative for baseload power, in terms of scalability and cost. The waster disposal objection is overblown and more of a political problem than a real one. France generates 80% of its electricity via nukes and even sells power to neighboring countries. Due to recycling, all national waste fits in a space about the dimensions of an olympic swimming pool. Confucius say "man who say something cannot be done, should not contradict man already doing it." Speaking of smart Chinese, China is building nuclear plants like crazy, securing project capacity and buying up available uranium supply. They will have clean, cheap, abundant energy, while we scramble for the scraps. so much for change we can believe in.