What's Obama's policy on gas prices...High or Low?

[tega]

<p>How are we going to recharge all the electric cars? The current grids we have are running overtime.</p>

[Newjack88]

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How are we going to recharge all the electric cars?

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<p>In his speech Obama said that we need to invest in improving the nation’s electricity grid.</p>

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And even so, nuclear is an excellent solution to our growing electrical generation problem.

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<p>What to do with the waste is the big issue. No state wants it.</p>

<p>Anyway, I’m not too sold on nuclear energy. It seems kind of dangerous. The more plants you build, the more likely it is that one day something will go wrong. Second, I am a bit nervous about radioactive materials getting into the hands of terrorists. Again, the more nuclear plants there are, the more likely it is that terrorists can get their hands on some nuclear waste.</p>

<p>Here’s a good simple article that highlights the pros and cons of nuclear energy:</p>

<p>[Cons</a> and pros of nuclear power | Time for change](<a href=“Pros and cons of nuclear power - Time for Change”>Pros and cons of nuclear power - Time for Change)</p>

<p>Here’s one to think about:</p>

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The energy source for nuclear energy is Uranium. Uranium is a scarce resource, its supply is estimated to last only for the next 30 to 60 years depending on the actual demand.

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[marite]

<p>Mr. Payne:</p>

<p>I agree, there has been no incentive to conserve, and therefore we have not or very little, when compared to other countries.</p>

[Mr_Payne]

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Here’s a good simple article that highlights the pros and cons of nuclear energy:

That’s one of the worst articles I’ve ever read.</p>

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The energy source for nuclear energy is Uranium. Uranium is a scarce resource, its supply is estimated to last only for the next 30 to 60 years depending on the actual demand.

Those numbers are based on current reactor designs & known reserves of uranium. Modern reactor technology has changed the game significantly.</p>

<p>Nevertheless, nuclear power plants buy us time. Time in which when we can build upon renewable energy infrastructure. All sources of renewable energy have pretty substantial problems, much larger ones than nuclear power.</p>

[bz2010]

<p>I saw this analogy on another website and it shed a little light on the oil situation:</p>

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Digging for diamonds won’t lower the price of diamonds so, despite the fact that you have diamonds on your property, you shouldn’t dig them out. Instead, when diamonds are at an all time high, buy your diamonds from a foreign source. Export as much money as humanly possible so foreign entities can buy up US landmarks like the Chrysler Building (and the mortgage on your house by bailing out the banks).
While you are busy exporting trillions to buy diamonds, work hard to make diamonds obsolete thru new technology. That way, all the potential trillions you have in diamonds of your own eventually becomes worthless as you let them rot in the ground.

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<p>Thanks to username mouse1. I’ll let him know y’all appreciate the analogy too!</p>

[StitchInTime]

<p><a href=“%5Burl=http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060812457-post22.html]#22[/url]”>quote</a> The energy source for nuclear energy is Uranium. Uranium is a scarce resource, its supply is estimated to last only for the next 30 to 60 years depending on the actual demand.

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<p>[Breeder</a> Reactor](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeder_reactor]Breeder”>Breeder reactor - Wikipedia):</p>

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A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates new fissile or fissionable material at a greater rate than it consumes such material. These reactors were initially (1950s and 1960s) considered appealing due to their superior fuel economy; a normal reactor can consume less than 1% of the natural uranium that begins the fuel cycle, whereas a breeder can utilize a much greater percentage of the initial fissionable material, and with re-processing, can use almost all of the initial fissionable material. Also, breeders can be designed to utilize thorium, which is more abundant than uranium. Renewed interest is also due to the dramatic reduction in waste they can produce and especially long-lived radioactive waste components…

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[Mr_Payne]

<p>Please get those facts out of here.</p>