Re: Nuclear power far from clean

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From: John Richardson
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 00:00

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Hyperion Systems wrote:

> 
> If we had spent as much money devloping solar and wind power as we have
> spent to get oil out of the ground and trying to decide what to do with
> nuclear waste, we would all be probably paying next to nothing for
> non-polluting energy by now.  THOSE are clean energy.  It's amazing, you
> walk outside on a sunny day, and you can literally FEEL the energy raining
> down from the sun, yet we use very little of it in that form.
> 
> How stupid are we?
> 
> - John

Not stupid enough to think we can replace all or most of our current
generating capacity by solar or wind power.  Have you given any 
thought to the amount of land required to replace just one power plant?

I doubt the alternatives you propose will ever become efficient enough
to be more than a supplement to our convential generation methods.

John

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From: John Richardson <john_rr@mail.atl.bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: Nuclear power far from clean
Date: 1997/09/19
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