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Nuclear energy can't be used to power the transportation system, so the premise of the thread title that it could replace fossil fuels is not valid. No matter of how much nuclear energy you have, you still need vast amounts of fossil fuels to run all the cars, airplanes, trains, semi trucks, etc.
Nuclear energy can't be used to power the transportation system, so the premise of the thread title that it could replace fossil fuels is not valid. No matter of how much nuclear energy you have, you still need vast amounts of fossil fuels to run all the cars, airplanes, trains, semi trucks, etc.
All but the airplanes can be electrically powered, either directly (trains) or with battery storage. That doesn't even include other fuel forms that are developing such as true bio-fuels, and hydrogen.
And how many nuclear disasters have we had in the U.S?
Already linked and commented on this, if you want you can find that information on Wikipedia.
Thankfully it has been a long time since our last big disaster. I would never want to see any place have to deal with what Japan had to deal with, would you?
All but the airplanes can be electrically powered, either directly (trains) or with battery storage. That doesn't even include other fuel forms that are developing such as true bio-fuels, and hydrogen.
Nuclear-generated electricity can be used to power small electric passenger vehicles, but does not scale well with larger vehicles such as 18 wheel semis or even passenger SUVs and minivans that people in North America are so fond of driving. We are also a nation of airplane travelers and our economy is heavily dependent on imported goods that is transported by sea with massive diesel-powered container shipping. There's no such thing as electric-powered shipping. Biofuels and hydrogen are a joke because they require as much energy to produce as you get out of them.
Nuclear-generated electricity can be used to power small electric passenger vehicles, but does not scale well with larger vehicles such as 18 wheel semis or even passenger SUVs and minivans that people in North America are so fond of driving. We are also a nation of airplane travelers and our economy is heavily dependent on imported goods that is transported by sea with massive diesel-powered container shipping. There's no such thing as electric-powered shipping. Biofuels and hydrogen are a joke because they require as much energy to produce as you get out of them.
You're only looking the situation as it exists now. The technologies are rapidly improving. But fossil fuel power plants are still huge contributors of pollution while nuclear plants are non-polluting. If anything, because less transportation of materials is needed, their "overhead" pollution due to transportation is significantly less than fossil-fuel plants.
Another failed argument. This is precisely why we don't have an expansive nuclear power infrastructure. Because of these made up liberal boogeyman arguments.
The movie China Syndrome, scared the nation, and the libs made it all but impossible to build a nuclear power plant.
You're only looking the situation as it exists now. The technologies are rapidly improving. But fossil fuel power plants are still huge contributors of pollution while nuclear plants are non-polluting. If anything, because less transportation of materials is needed, their "overhead" pollution due to transportation is significantly less than fossil-fuel plants.
This is mere speculation. There's no guarantee hydrogen technology will ever reach the point where it can be mass-produced on a wide consumer industrial scale at an affordable price, or that biofuels will ever become a net energy positive source of energy. We're not even close and I think its highly doubtful it will get to that point, and shows that even technology has its limits.
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