Reply #88: alternatives [View All]

[rayofreason]

Wind and solar are a help - but just that, a help. Solar doesn't have the energy density to be practical as an industrial source (though by reducing the need for heating water in homes it can help). Wind has its problems. Wherever there are windmill farms (like those in SoCal along I8) the toll on bats is huge (Google "windmills and bats"). The problem of scale and distribution for wind power is there as well.

So that still leaves us with the need for centralized, high-density power sources. And nuclear is the best option from the point of view of climate forcing through greenhouse gas emmissions.