taxes, gas prices, VLAC

[Robert Myers]

Can you say "Hansford", "Three Mile Island", and/or "Chernobyl"?

At 10:18 AM 3/13/2005, Sam Letzring wrote:

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>My two cents;
>
>I'm a scientist who has worked on fusion for the last 35 years- while fusion
>is the ultimate solution for energy- we have a "good enough" one at hand
>now.
>
>Nuclear fission power could generate enough electricity to produce enough
>hydrogen to power  a substantial portion of our economy. We have a "lot" of
>plutonium left over from dismantling nuclear weapons and IF our elected
>officials would get enough backbone to do it- we could build breeder
>reactors which would burn the plutonium and produce more plutonium in
>return. The French have adopted this technology but our "leaders" starting
>with Carter in the "70's have buckled under to various forces and as a
>result we have a dwindling nuclear industry- unlike the rest of the world
>( with the exception of certain left leaning countries like Canada and
>Germany) which have buckled under to "green" forces and are in the process
>of dismantling their nuclear infrastructure.
>
>Too bad for the world- I will continue working on fusion- but it's still a
>long way off.
>
>Sam
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Kent McLean" <kentmclean at mindspring.com>
>To: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:03 AM
>Subject: Re: taxes, gas prices, VLAC
>
>
> > Mike Arman wrote:
> > > All in favor of a little disruptive technology, say Aye!
> > >
> > > (My next Audi should be powered by gravity waves or something - no more
> > > gasoline needed!)
> >
> > I like the idea of hybrids, where a low-powered
> > internal combustion engine (gas, diesel, alcohol,
> > whatever) runs only to re-charge batteries, which
> > are the real source of power.
> >
> > I don't think batteries-only is a solution. A
> > one hour commute in a winter storm, with lights,
> > and heater element, and blower, and audio all
> > on high, might suck a battery dry before you get
> > to work.
> >
> > Although hydrogen promises pure, clean, energy, it
> > would take a huge investment in infrastructure to
> > make it viable.  But then, a Manhattan Project sort
> > of effort (and similar climate of world events)
> > could make that happen.
> >
> > --
> > Kent McLean
> > '94 100 S Avant, "Moody"
> > '89 200 TQ, "Bad Puppy" up in smoke
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Bob
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