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[quote user="snagletooth"][quote user="MP173"] My comment about nuclear being "viable" was probably not a good use of words.  My thoughts, which I failed to communicate, concerns the infrastructure to build nuclear reactors to meet future demands.  My guess is that we are years away from being able to turn on the switch to nuclear plants.Dave...tell me more about the other planets temp rising.  I havent heard that.  How much are the temps rising?  That is a major developement.ed[/quote]oops, I thought you were paraphrasing, talking about the invisible "they sayer's". we have the ability to build very safe npp's, it just takes along time and a lot of money. And that's after you get past the NIMBY crowd that demands cleaner fuels, but refuse the best choice we have right now. By the time they wake up to it, it'll be to late to build enough fast enough  without making inferior, thereby dangerous, npp's.my[2c], I'll get off the [soapbox] and let someone else have it for a while, for the line is long. [/quote]Actually, Snag has hit this nail right on the head.  Nuclear has become the dark horse darling of the energy biz almost overnight, and knowing how these things evolve it will take some time for the tin foil hat left to respond with the anti-nuke NIMBYism.  Once plans for aggregate nuclear plant construction becomes the norm, the eco-nuts will mount their counter attacks.FYI - That nuke plant proposal in Southern Idaho has moved very rapidly toward having it's first spadefull of dirt being turned over.  They now have the backing of some very prominent financial institutions, something the coal plant proposers couldn't muster!Meanwhile, the railroads will ponder what might have been..................
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