(1/27/10) Barack Obama–State of the Union: “To create more of these clean energy jobs, we need more production, more efficiency, more incentives. That means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country. It means making tough decisions about opening new offshore areas for oil and gas development. It means continued investment in advanced biofuels and clean coal technologies.” Background Article: “Obama Said to Seek Billion in Nuclear-Power Loan Guarantees”: www.bloomberg.com
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@captinseperoth Are you just getting in a middle of a debate because your an attention whore??
@captinseperoth You do not understand the power of exponential growth in energy output, and you obviously did not take the time to read my comments. Solar energy is getting cheaper exponentially as its ability to harness power grows. In the next ten years or so it will be within the average consumer’s budget. That’s what I mean by “smart investment.” I don’t mean solarize your house right now, I mean that it’s the future of our power source. Who the hell wants to pay a grid for their power?
@seanotube85
solar is the weakest way to generate power it takes tens of thousands of dollars for one house…and MANY MANY long years to pay off the initial investment…
@theonegreat2001
also highly toxic if it breaks…
also there are beter plants that p[roduce more with less…
oh why no invest a trillion dollars with many nations a build a fleet of space elevators to send waste into space?
@theonegreat2001 On youtube?? Never! lol. No, nuclear’s not a terrible thing in the immediate short term (as long as we don’t use it to build even MORE nuclear weapons) to start weeding us off of fossil fuels, but in the long term, it’s totally unnecessary. Nobody wants to get stuck on another expensive grid system and depend on others for their power. Solar is the future.
@seanotube85 Did we just hit a common ground??
@theonegreat2001 Right, but keep in mind that exponential growth in energy intake is a powerful thing. A decade ago you could barely power a lamp with solar power.Now people power their whole houses with it (albeit expensive at the moment).But it will get exponentially cheaper and more powerful as time goes on. In the next ten years solar will be a viable (and cheap) alternative for most people. In the meantime if you want nuclear, go for it. But keep it a safe distance from people and farmland.
@seanotube85 Yes, investing in the future is good. But forgetting about the present will make it hard to get to that future. I’m still have the problem of the CURRENT output for the land it taking. A nuclear power plant is average 1100 megawatts in 4500 acre land. A single solar panel produce 150 watts in a square meter. To produce the same amount in solar panels, you need 74 000 000 panels or 18300 acres of land.
@theonegreat2001 First of all, it’s both possible to replace solar panels AND it’s possible to recycle them. Second of all, panels are no longer the only way to harness solar energy. They have invented a solar conductive paint as well as paper-thin panels that can stick on over shingles both of which are better conductors than traditional panels. I’m not saying solar energy is the obvious change right NOW, but it IS becoming exponentially more powerful AND cheap. It’s a smart investment.
@seanotube85 but what about solar panels themselves? There is no way to repair a solar panel if it is damage, and the material they use for the panels are non-recyclable. Just like nuclear waste, we have another by-product that will just sit where we put it. plus nuclear waste loses reactivity over time. A solar panel will stay in a landfill forever. I do believe that some places should use solar panel, but a whole country dependent on a energy source that is has less power output is my problem
@theonegreat2001 Do you know what they do with it? Do they just pack it into a safe hold or completely eliminate it somehow? My MAIN problem with nuclear power is that it just replaces one grid with another, whereas with solar power you don’t have to pay any central power source for your power. There are billions of nuclear reactions going off in the sun, so if we can harness that energy it would be great, and we’re getting better at it. But also there has been nuclear contamination in the past.
@seanotube85 Maybe the current 108 sites that already takes cares of the nuclear waste?
@theonegreat2001 Have we figured out what to do with the nuclear waste yet?
Next is nuclear food on the table ! How’s that for a silent weapon against overpopulation?
@streetfightspdx If you fly a plane into a reactor the plane would vaporize and the reactor will need a new paint job
aaahahaha – I can`t believe that he was giving this speach just over 2 months ago . . . yet yesterday he approved offshore oil drilling.
Maybe oil republicans didn`t put up too much of a fight against social health care in return for the rights to drill off the coast of USA.
@tronulu
There are already a bunch of nuclear power plants in America that have been reduced to rubble because they poisoned the environment so bad like TROJAN NUCLEAR PLANT and then you got the 3 MILE ISLAND MELTDOWN.There is so many other cases of people getting cancer, etc..Not good odds in my opinion asshole…..Nuclear Power = Nuclear Waste = Nuclear Warfare…Until you’ve seen the documentary DEADLY DECEPTION you can’t have an intelligent argument…That movie won an Emmy.
@tronulu
That is ridiculous logic..That is the logic of a obvious idiot……Because something hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it won’t happen sometime…That statement was as retarded as they come on youtube…You are obviously and oblivious idiot with no foresight that can’t think things through…The Twin Towers in New York were part of the skyline too since 1971..Then they went down in 2001..The only thing constant is change.There has been nuclear meltdown already too like 3 MILE ISLAND…
there are already at least fifty operating nuclear power plants in America… so that would’ve already happened.
Obama is probably knowingly, or unknowingly, setting up the next target for someone to fly a plane into…Think about how easy it would be to fly a plane into a nuclear power plant and destroy an entire area of the country…This is not a “Smarter Energy Grid” like Obama said, it is a bad move on the chess board and we are their pawns…..Just what we need more potential targets for people to crash planes into….Are you all ready for another Nuclear Meltdown like 3-Mile Island or Chernobyl???
Why doesn’t the U. S. go full nuclear energy?? It is the most Efficient, Cleaner and Economic! I hope coal power plants are charged for their CO2 emissions and deaths of thousands of Americans who die every year from burning coal.
white liberals sooooooooooooo quiet about this. Just like his stance on gay marriage.
Amazing, I agree with him on nuclear power. It does cost more to build and set up, but once its already going, the energy output overcomes fields of solar panels and wind turbines. With less land being used on panels/turbines, more industries can build, more farms can grow crops, more houses can be build, bigger cities that is more efficient. all this, just because we build a couple of nuclear powerplants over the endless fields of solar panels and wind turbines.
@raleighl
I know that the American president said it differently than I and a few others have understood it. There are opportunities for coal and gas exempted from the CO2 and there are ways of converting CO2 into oil.
This is probably one of the challenges that the President to see for the USA – and it is a worthy Aplaus.
damn straight, geothermal ftw! nuclear energy is way overpriced compared to any other renewable energy source