In article >, Dave Smith says...
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> There are a few problems with nuclear power. Due to the inherent
danger
> of reactor facilities there are are extremely expensive to build. The
> byproducts of reaction are extremely toxic and will remain so for
> thousands and thousands of years. A nuclear accident had Chernobyl 30
> years ago killed a number of people, increased cancer rates and poisoned
> a huge tract of land in the immediate area and contaminated more than a
> dozen countries.
>
> Another problem is that there is limited supply of uranium. We are
> going to run out of it. Australia has the largest reserves by far,
> followed by Russia, Kazakhstan and Canada.
>
> Green technology is a bit of a problem. Solar and wind power are both
> very expensive and can only produce power when the sun is shining or the
> wind is blowing. That means that the old sources, oil, coal, gas,
> nuclear and hydro, have to be available to provide the maximum
> requirements when green sources are unavailable. It costs a lot to
> build and maintain those facilities, but they cannot make a reasonable
> return on the investment if they are not being used closed to their peak
> capacity.

The future will be all green energy, no fossile energy, no nuclear
energy. The same countries as usual will be ahead and the same countries
as usual will be lagging behind and stinking up the place.