The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #65693   Message #1085840
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
04-Jan-04 - 01:35 PM
Thread Name: BS: Its Americas' oil?
Subject: RE: BS: Its Americas' oil?
Tidal energy, solar power, biomass and improved technical and social efficiency are the main ways I'd see of getting out of the mess.

Nuclear fission just winds up very rapidly with a problem of dealing with waste that will be radioactive for thousands of years and has to be put somewhere which we can guarantee will be safe for thousands of years. It's really a non starter. The sun gives us all the nuclear power we need or can possibly envisage using.