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>>We the ostensible First World moral trendsetters are long past due to kick-start a change in our energy gluttony.
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>We did, it's called nuclear. The rest of the world has embraced what we started and then stopped.
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>>Bonus: biodeisel, hybrids, ethanol discussions on the rise. None is a viable alternative at scale, but all are excellent starting points. Also: Mopeds could become cool again.
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>If you really want to get an alternative energy source online then lets do it seriously. Offer a BIG chuck of money (like 5 billion) to the first company that develops a clean source of energy that produces something like 10-20x the amount of energy it takes to create it.
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Jake;

What this country needs is more nuclear power plants like Rancho Seco! :)

I have created software for the Nuclear Power Sector for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). If a reactor blows up – it could be my software! :)

Come to think of it I have only lost one client and that was the World Trade Center! My track record seems to be a problem! :)

While attending engineering college I had the option to obtain my degree as a nuclear engineer. This was in 1969 and the field was wide open. It seemed like a good opportunity but I chose electronics.

I would truly like to assist in the development of “alternative energy sources”. I helped put men on the moon while working on the Apollo and LEM projects. Becoming independent of oil as a source of energy is something that we must do and quickly.

Tom