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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / May 2006

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RE IS IT POSSIBLE, energy sources ?

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Jon Robertson - 27 May 2006 17:18 GMT
We worry about nuclear power but we are often unaware that coal produces
nasty wastes including nuclear from the vast quantity we burn to produce
energy .Small trace amounts add up to a much greater total amount than a
nuclear power plant is allowed to emit .Only 2 grams of radiation is enough
to cause a plant to shut down but pounds or kilograms are produced by coal
waste and spread over the country side with no questions asked .In the
meantime we are selling our natural gas to the chinese at crazy prices
instead of running our engines on this vast suppy of gas which we in
Australia have huge  reserves .We use coal instead Nuclear ,so our air is
polluted with not only particles of radiated matter from the coal but we are
adding to green house gases in vast amounts .BTW we are selling our gas at 2
cents a litre ,while we pay roughly  47cents a litre for liquid petrolium
gas .Woud`nt it be nice to fill up the tank for a $1.20 a tank of 60 litres
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zencraps@comcast.net - 27 May 2006 20:59 GMT
My prediction:

Nuclear energy will make a big comeback, taking advantage of
technological improvements.

In the USA, only a couple of locations in the middle of nowhere (in
case of an accident) with many Super Reactors clustered together would
be necessary, as advances in nanotechnology presage the development of
a viable superconductor which should radiate out to all end users,
delivering electricity efficently.

With Cheap Power, electric cars will be the norm.

It could, and should, happen.
James Sweet - 28 May 2006 19:31 GMT
> My prediction:
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> It could, and should, happen.

I too think it will make a comeback of sorts, though with demand ever
increasing, I doubt electricity will ever be cheaper than it is now.

All it would take though is one more Chernobyl and nuke would be dead
for good.
 
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