I to am facinated by nuclear power, but with the advances made in multi-layered photovoltaic cells it just seems silly to bother with these. Also those new solar towers are extremely efficient. They also are making new wind turbines that are becoming more and more efficient. So with all these advances in sustainable power sources, nuclear is looking like out dated technology in my opinion. Another problem with nuclear power is that it basically takes our dependency on middle eastern oil (although we actually get most of our oil from Canada) and replaces it with a dependency upon nuclear fuels found in the Congos and Canada (again). American needs to become independant. I think this is looking more and more possible with the previously stated technologies in developement, as well as the HUGE stockpiles of coal we have, which is able to be converted into diesel.
Peace and Love,
Stephen
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