Reply #51: “The infrastructure that we have is neither the point, nor the question… [View All]

[ReadTomPaine]

so discussion of coal is irrelevant. The question is what sort of infrastructure we are going to be moving toward, and spending our GNP achieving ... The conversation is not about how bad coal is, it's about how much better or worse nuclear would be and it's simply not good enough yet.”

To which you've responded; "No! Coal bad!".

Yes. Coal less than an ideal source of energy. This is why we need to transition away from it. What is the road map from there to here? That's what we need to be thinking about. I don't have a problem with nuclear technology. I have problems with the current nuclear industry and emphasis on production over research. It's a devil's deal. I'm sorry if this isn't the reply you are looking for, but you are asking the wrong questions of the wrong person.

Give me an accountable, transparent nuclear industry and a set of reasonably failsafe operational and disposal procedures and I'm on board. This is not an anti-nuclear stance.