President Obama is building 2 new reactors in Georgia U.S.A.
after over 30 years of no new reactors in the U.S.
looks like big oil has lost its death grip on the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/business/energy-environment/17nukes.html that should Close that valve on the imported oil pipe just a bit more.
Granted Wind Power would be my choice only I would design them to use the wind , LOL.
the fact is that in the distant future the wind might be calm for weeks at a time after the ice has melted and nuclear and solar would carry us through those dry spells.
the plan is to provide 8 billion in government loans to build these plants.
thats 8000 million dollars...
you could install 800,000 $10,000.00 solar systems on homes and that would provide electricity for 800,000 homes.
or you could install 1,600,000 $5,000 wind power systems on homes and that would provide electricity for 1,600,000 homes.
the planned construction is expected to provide electricity for 500,000 homes.
I think it would be a great thing to macth these funds to strenghten the solar power and wind power industry and all the related new jobs that are a result of those new extremely important industries.
but all in all the new nuclear reactors are a good thing.
and we should be proud that the goverment accomplished something good.
heck we should be amazed that they were capable of accomplishing anything these days.
