Why aren't we doing anything real about the energy crisis?

[WickedLou9]

Originally Posted by nbiggershaft

Your kidding me right? I have no problem with government help, or government plants. But nuclear engineers aren't cackling madmen, they place much higher standards on their work than are going to be required by the gov.

There is a very large difference between engineering firms that requires years of perfect reputable work to get large contracts and other companies.

The engineers don't get any say. They do what they are told to do. The board members, shareholders, CEO's etc, are the people that run the company and make the decisions. If you need any evidance of people in these positions doing things out of greed with thier own personal interest in mind, see Enron. With Enron people lost money. With a Nuclear plant, people would DIE. This is simply a chance that most people in this country are not willing to take.

[Rouger2]

Well that is not exactly true. Here in south Texas it looks like we are going to get two new reactors eventually, but they will be build on a site that already has two reactors.

[RMNIXON]

Originally Posted by Stylerod

When it gets cloudy your air conditioning turns off

Just kidding. Solar is great for small residential stuff, like heating your water heater and stuff. But it's not so efficient when it comes to massive amounts of electricity.

I am all for renewable energy. But to treat is as a magical solution to our energy needs, as both top Democrats are doing, is fantasy land at best.