[tt] Independent: Greener power to the people: the real energy alternative?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 05:55:54PM -0400, Allen Smith wrote:
> 
> Is there some particular reason not to do _both_ solar cells _and_ nuclear
> reactors? From the evidence available, to avert having more than tolerable

Nuclear energy has a number of problems (it's heavily subsidized, and current
reactors are subject to peak uranium). It seems nonrenewable energy sources
are moot anyway, once current PV prices fall by half, or when nonrenewable
go up enough to cross over.

> levels of climate change (tolerable in more-developed countries, that
> is...) while still having a technological civilization that makes
> technological/scientific progress (i.e., having one worth existing), barring
> major breakthroughs (e.g., efficient fusion) we're going to need _all_ of
> solar, nuclear, and other sources.

I don't see why this is needed, the renewable industry already produces a sizable
chunk of total production in some countries (Germany, etc.), and it has growth 
rates eating everything else alive.

It *is* late, this should have happened in 1970s/80s.

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