[RayChuang88]

I'd also like to see Romney advocate developing next-generation nuclear power such as the molten-salt reactor that uses thorium-232 dissolved in molten sodium fluoride salts as nuclear fuel (this reactor is often called the liquid fluoride thorium reactor, or LFTR).

Given the huge reserves of thorium we have in the USA, developing LFTR technology to maturity and building over 100 1,000 MW LFTR reactor plants means not only hundreds of thousands of high-paying engineering and construction jobs, but also means a dramatic reduction in the need for imported petroleum products and a huge leap up in electric generating capacity, which makes it possible for a major means to reduce air pollution: electrifying all the major long-distance railroad lines in the USA. And unlike large-scale wind and solar power installations, LFTR plants are no threats to large scale bird migration you get from large wind farms and no excessive need for land like what solar power installations require.

[Smokin' Joe]

electrifying all the major long-distance railroad lines in the USA

Somehow, I can't envision this in North Dakota, for instance. (Yes, there is a major E/W BNSF line here.) Between voltage drop, the hazards of weather, and the potential loss of livestock, I don't see that happening with better results than the current diesel electric locomotives.

[ELS]

building over 100 1,000 MW LFTR reactor plants

It would help if the electric grid were updated as well.