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Originally Posted by DGthe3

my turn to play devils advocate . . .

Nuclear is great, but what do you do with the waste? Sure its alot less than the ash comming from coal, but America doesn't have a solution to store the waste it currently produces. Increase that by 5x and you will have more serious problems than greenpeace protesting ANWR. Speaking of which, the public opinion of nuclear isn't that high (however misguided). Those who know about nuclear power know its extremely safe, but the public typically cares about what happens when something goes wrong not how likely that event is.

OK, Look, Nuclear is everywhere. The U.S has 10 nuclear aircraft carriers. And umpteen nuclear submarines. France is producing far more nuclear energy per capita and per acre then we ever will. They seem to be managing the waste problem. Fallout. Very real concern. However, we've come so far in the last few decades at treating radiation that the risk isn't anywhere near what it used to be. Albeit, still very serious. Without nuclear power we are left with limited energy sources. Eventually, they will all be consumed and we will have to use Nuclear power. Geothermal is a great idea but unproven.

We will have to go nuclear eventually. I don't see another technology that is viable any time in the near future..

As far as drilling your own reserves, what do you do when they run low after a couple decades of fueling America?

AGH!!! I'm sorry, responses like this are infuriating. We're running out of oil now. We need to insert competition into the market to bring gas prices back in line so we can get our economy back on track. And, most importantly, buy some time for new fuels and technologies to be matured without paying through the nose for gas all the while. Yes, Oil is a limited resource. Not new news. So, we're either going to use what we have or we just sit on it? This argument ends up in one place; if we don't want to use anymore gas than we have to; it's back to rationing and mass transit, bikes , walking etc. If the only goal is conservation of oil, then we should stop using it now.