----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Maas" Subject: Re: OT - Prius Fuel Economy >> > > The solution to the environmental issue is to outlaw coal power and > push > through nukes (Which are very safe and the disposal issue for spent > fuel > is far less of an actual issue than anti-nuke luddites insist that it > is).
Absolutely. I heard the other day that France is something like 90% nuclear, and they don't seem to be having any problems with their reactors. Is Pickering still running? There are also political issues surrounding nuclear which attempt to limit who can have it. We are dallying with wind power generation out here, but I don't know how viable it is for large population densities, how long it takes to amortize the environmental liabilities associated with making the turbines. > > And even better long-term solution is Solar Power Satellites, which > have > a serious lead time to get active, but make solar power a viable > option > for power (as opposed to a good method for supplementing power). The > basic technology was worked out and proven 30 years ago. > I recall hearing many years ago that the Russions were playing with power transmission without using power lines, and I heard an item on As It Happens the other day where a fellow (or group) had come up with a method of recharging small device batteries using a wireless transmission method. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
