Posted by ( chris ) on December 20, 2007 at 9:53 am

I agree with you here Jody. The main issue for me is the waste, but with continued research and technological advancements we should be able to come to a viable solution for that. That leads me to my next point, our energy policy in this nation is written by big oil. It’s that simple. We can’t even find out who WE bought lunch for when Cheney and some secret people met and discussed the future energy policy of this nation. I think this issue crosses the line of partisanship into the realm of common sense. Having a viable energy policy in which alternative energy sources are sought should be a very high priority. Looking at the big picture, drilling in Anwar is no solution. To me looking at ethanol, solar, nuclear, etc and making that a governmental priority is a solution. Not only will it end our reliance on the middle east but the mere fact that producing the delivery systems and doing the technological research will create millions upon millions of jobs. The hold ups are not the wacko environmentalist in this case, although they certaintly deserve their share of holding up progress. In this case it is a matter of our government being beholden to corporate interests. Look at our recent energy policy signed by Bush yesterday. Although it includes some things like mandatory fuel efficiency it still reads like a proposal from Exxon Mobile to increase profits. It’s astounding and rather sad if you think about it.

Posted by ( offshore solutions ) on May 08, 2008 at 1:26 am

A global nuclear programme, of the scale needed to push its share well ahead of other forms of fossil fuel electricity generation, could cost hundreds of billions of dollars to get up and running and has little likelihood of attracting private finance.