Message #47448

[mccoy]

Steve, I don't think I have provided significant answers, but I'm going to do that now.

New nuclear power sites: no way, as much as a site can be apparently safe, it is bound to produce radioactive waste that cannot be destroyed. It will accumulate even more and endanger the planet maybe more than global warming.

Fusion power: we are way back, nobody has been so enlightened to provide a technically viable solution.

Alternative energies: this is I believe the best and cleanest answer, but it is too soon, we don't have the necessary output presently.

Bottom line: we cannot afford presently to abandon fossil fuels and drilling. We need to exploit fossil fuels while trying to optimize solar and aeolic power production.