Alternative to Gasoline
John McCain suggested a plan to build 45 more nuclear reactors and Obama has said that he’s not opposed to nuclear power. Wind power has become much cheaper than oil, but wind and solar power are only small substitutes, for the energy we will need. If we would push nuclear energy in this country, we could begin to unhook ourselves from oil. Nuclear is coming and if people have to choose between the risk of nuclear power and the near-term reality of high gasoline prices that are killing the average family economically, they are going to go choose nuclear.
Our nuclear powered ships have steamed 90 million miles without a reactor accident or release of radioactivity. The state of New Jersey gets 50% of its electricity generation from nuclear power plants. However, France has become 80% nuclear for electricity generation, because they have no intention of being held hostage by the oil-producing countries that support terrorism.
Unfortunately, the earliest, we could have a new nuclear power plant on line in this country is 2014. Like it or not Democrats and Republicans politicians will eventually have to agree that nuclear power plants operate much cheaper than coal plants and can be our salvation.
At the time, General Motors’ chairman unveiled the EV1, at the Detroit International Auto Show, it appeared that there was an alternative to gasoline. GM built only about a thousand EV1’s, which were available only in California and Arizona. EV1 was the car of the future, but it has become a thing of the past. General Motors pulled the plug on its electric car, after ten years and investing over a billion dollars.
They only leased the car and later demanded every EV1 be returned. Greg Hanssen, who leased the EV1 said: “I could out accelerate most of the cars on the road without using a drop of gas.” Greg Hanssen led a campaign to save the little cars from the crusher.
When the EV1 was introduced California was setting tough new standards for cutting air pollution from cars. Unfortunately, General Motors and other automakers went to court delaying those standards and with the pressure gone, the EV1 went, too.
Our nuclear powered ships have steamed 90 million miles without a reactor accident or release of radioactivity. The state of New Jersey gets 50% of its electricity generation from nuclear power plants. However, France has become 80% nuclear for electricity generation, because they have no intention of being held hostage by the oil-producing countries that support terrorism.
Unfortunately, the earliest, we could have a new nuclear power plant on line in this country is 2014. Like it or not Democrats and Republicans politicians will eventually have to agree that nuclear power plants operate much cheaper than coal plants and can be our salvation.
At the time, General Motors’ chairman unveiled the EV1, at the Detroit International Auto Show, it appeared that there was an alternative to gasoline. GM built only about a thousand EV1’s, which were available only in California and Arizona. EV1 was the car of the future, but it has become a thing of the past. General Motors pulled the plug on its electric car, after ten years and investing over a billion dollars.
They only leased the car and later demanded every EV1 be returned. Greg Hanssen, who leased the EV1 said: “I could out accelerate most of the cars on the road without using a drop of gas.” Greg Hanssen led a campaign to save the little cars from the crusher.
When the EV1 was introduced California was setting tough new standards for cutting air pollution from cars. Unfortunately, General Motors and other automakers went to court delaying those standards and with the pressure gone, the EV1 went, too.
posted by Jim O'Leary | 12:32 AM
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