re: #618 albusteve

That’s something I’ve been saying for quite some time; the only way to reduce dependency on oil and natural gas is to build nuclear - which can provide compact siting and sufficient energy to replace existing coal, gas, or oil plants (and meet new demand). Wind power is never going to amount to anything more than a small percentage of energy production because of the land use needs. California is pretty much prohibiting any solar or wind development in the Mojave Desert (thanks Feinstein). Vistas and views over power production in sparsely populated areas. And it doesn’t even begin to touch on the need to string power lines to these far flung wind power farms (that’s what killed a T Boone Pickens plan in Texas).