"The guy who figures out how to treat and use nuclear waste will become a billionaire."

And he/she will deserve every penny, unlike Madonna, Michael Jackson, et al, ad mauseum.

"...we are more willing to bury the 'spent' fuel than to reprocess it on site..."

Wrong. There is, as of yet, absolutely no approved burial site for nuclear waste in the entire United States. Not one.

"...ethanol, anyone who has had a plastic fuel tank or lines rot out has discovered the truth of this statement"

Wrong. The chemical that has rotted gaskets and other soft items in older cars, sometimes causing fires, is MTBE, not ethanol. You owe its presence in your gas tank to Carol Browner, EPA chief for the Clinton administration.