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Originally Posted by VipertheSniper
The thing is, the equation here is made, without the additional energy that is needed to crack up the coal to gasoline, you won't get that from thin air, and atm about half of the electricity in the USA is made using coal. Lets say you go the nuclear route, then you're polluting the earth with nuclear waste that will radiate for millenias to come, all for 250 years of fuel supply... I think time is running out, if we don't make the push for efficient alternative non-fossil energy sources now, rather than delaying the inevitable.
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Thats an ignorant view of how things really are. We have plenty of hydrocarbon based fuels left. problem is, the Tree Huggers left us needing, not wanting.
For your info, Nuclear energy is the least polluting energy maker on the planet. Nothing comes close. Nothing even comes close to its energy output. Only one thing in the entire world could match a reactor for energy output - Grand Coulle Dam. No other energy producer, not coal, nor hydro, nor nothing comes close. With nukes, there is no emmisions, nothing. Just basic waste, and very little of it. as for clean energy, nothing will ever come close except maybe a fusion reactor or anti matter reactor. Two techonologies we need to push for.
-S