Andrew Yang Wants Thorium Nuclear Power. Here's What That Means.

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9. Worth considering. Solar/renewables can't do it alone

This idea is worth serious consideration, much more than the knee-jerk “No Nukes” rhetoric that has bedeviled the search for ample post-carbon-based fossil fuels.

If we wish to keep a livable planet and an agreeable biosphere, we desperately need to end the use of coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Solar can’t do it alone, especially if we not only continue our current use patterns, but also electrify our ground transportation systems. (People who enjoy the filthy air that bedevils Mexico City, Los Angeles, and occasionally Denver might disagree with me).

Furthermore, if we wish to maintain our oceanic eco-systems, we are not only going to have to retire fossil fuel plants but tear down more of the big dams that currently generate hydropower. We need to gently disabuse our solar idealists that solar can replace fossil fuels AND hydro-power. Thorium looks like a good approach, at least until we FINALLY master fusion as an energy source.