[ExI] Silence in the sky-but why?

[John Clark]

On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> We need to be 90% done by 2050. This means that nuclear energy
> sources will be not a noticeable part


Today France delivers over 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy, but
even with ridiculous subsidies wind power couldn't do better than 3% in
2012. So I ask you, which technology is more likely to play a noticeable
part in the production of energy in 2050, wind or nuclear?

> Alternative fuelcycle research programs (these which have not been shut
> down due to problems) are alive and well all over the world.
>

Over the last several decades the worldwide research budget for Liquid
Fluoride Thorium Reactors wouldn't be enough to cover the operational costs
of a average sized McDonald's restaurant, and the reason for that is people
like you would organize protest marches against any politician who even
whispered the N word in his sleep.

  John K Clark
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