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Originally Posted by Number 6
Yes. The Federal government has to get off their butts and do a few things.
1) Allow US oil componies to drill off the coast and Alaska.
2) Establish a program to build nuclear power plants.
3) Change regulations as to futures trading on oil and natural gas.
If we did any of these things, the price of oil would drop at once. The price is all based on speculation.
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I already addressed point 1, please search for my posts to see that one. As for 3, will need to learn more about that. It is 2 that has me concerned.
uranium 238 has a half life of 4.5 billion years. That means that the waste that is produced from nuclear energy will take about 9 billion years before it is safe to be around. I know we have technology, good steal, cement, all that stuff. Also, most people are not all that concerned about the survival of the human species. But I am. If you can show me a single container that can withstand 9 BILLION years, then I am all for this. But with the amount of waste produced, and then a 9 BILLION year time table to be safe to be near, I just do not see how anyone could even consider this. I honestly don't think people sit down and think this one through. Just think of it this way. Dead dinosaurs make oil, and how much oil is there? That is a few billion years of each dinosaur contributing about 5 barrels of oil to us each. Imagine if each one left us a few barrels of nuclear waste instead. Now you would have to more than triple that (population of humans are much greater) and double it again (we would produce more than 5 barrels in nuclear waste per person). Would you want to live here with that much radiation under you? It is just not a good option if you care more about a generation or two. Like I said, I do....