[lit-ideas] Re: Today's situation with food

I recently heard a discussion with pro-nuclear power types who claim it's not 
dangerous.  They made a pretty good case.  The problem from what I 
could tell is that we don't really have much choice.  Natural gas 
powers a lot of our electricity (oil is mostly transportation, agriculture, 
plastics and the like) and natural gas is going the way of oil which is to say, 
it's a finite resource, running down.  Water is running down too, so 
states that use hydroelectric power may start to see declines in the not too 
distant future.  Biofuel is a waste, literally.  
 
The problem with nuclear power plants is that they take about 10 years to come 
on line, and they take oil to build, so we need to get started on them pretty 
quick, and of course where to bury the rods (some can be recycled I 
think).  Unfortunately, we need so many power plants that there's only 
enough uranium for about 20 years if enough plants were to be built to power 
everything.  
 
The real answer is conservation, lots of conservation, plus wind and solar 
farms out in the desert.  Also conserving water big time and transporting 
goods by rail and water instead of truck.  I heard/read that Algeria I 
think is coming up with solar farms, these huge magnified mirror type 
things, such that they may be able to power Europe.   We're 
not even beginning to think about anything at all.  
 


--- On Fri, 5/30/08, David Wright <wright@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: David Wright <wright@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Today's situation with food
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 3:02 AM


Always a Roberts reader, and even a secret Irene affic...  I wouldn't bust 
your (non-pork) chops if I didn't generally agree with you.  By-the-by, 
what are your thoughts on nuke power, considering that we cannot reasonably 
expect the masses to limit their consumption of electricity.


turning a dynamo,
d.







An interesting discussion on today's situation with food, offering 
solutions as well as problems, from On Point:
 
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/20080528_a_main.asp

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