Subject: Re: [Homestead] Nuclear energy in an oil-poor world
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:32:44 -0700
At 6/1/2005, you wrote:
Coupled with the extreme cost, nuclear is not a real option.
Does that mean we are misinformed about the success of the French experience?
How much money did the government put into those reactors? How much do
individual rate payers pay for electrical use? In France cooking is mostly
by gaz from containers purchased at a local store.
Another important point is that they use a different technology. In the US
nuclear technology is in many ways controlled by the Navy. All our
reactors are the same technology used in Navy ships. Cheaper technologies
are being investigated but most are built elswhere.