Nuclear Power (spun off from Japan earthquake discussion)

[ila]

Originally Posted by MistressStevie

....I am pro-nuclear power if that is not already evident. But more than anything I am totally against not learning how to do things better next time. And if we want to have power for our computers, it has to come from somewhere. I want that somewhere to be clean safe and cheap. If nuclear cannot compete on that it should go away. Coal is the only thing cheaper that we know of right now and it is fraught with dangers also.

-mS

Acutally hydro electric power is cheaper and cleaner than coal.

[MistressStevie]

Originally Posted by ila

Acutally hydro electric power is cheaper and cleaner than coal.

You are 100% correct in that Ila. There are limited number of opportunities to build additional hydro-electric plants with existing environmental regulations in the US. There was a turbine blow out in Russia a couple years back that had some major damage. -mS