The 30-year itch America’s nuclear industry struggles to get off the floor

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13. Jesus Christ! You still don't understand real time demand!

That is the issue here. You could cover the southwest with solar arrays, enough to supply the nation's needs. But when the fucking sun goes down in the middle of winter there wouldn't be enough power to light the lights, let alone run the TVs, let alone keep the heat on. Unless you can store the energy.

How are you proposing we do that?

The same fucking thing with wind power. What are you going to do when the fucking wind ain't blowing?

Are you going to keep the coal plants working? Keeping CO2 problems to erode the global climate? Or are you going to find a way to supply reliable power in a safe way using existing technologies which can be extended to supply energy needs.

I am no energy company shill. I despise oil companies. And Up to recently, I have been against nuclear power. However, recent advances, and global climate changes, have changed my mind about this.

The science is robust. We well understand the processes. There are now ways to generate power by nuclear processes without the hideous waste problem, and without the dangers of runaway. All we have to do is put money into the research and just do it.

I would welcome a suggestion of an alternative.