[Rebel_Ace]

The "greenies" have the nuclear fission reactor industry in a stranglehold, and they have already won the hearts (not the minds) of the general public.

If we want to be able to kiss off dependence upon foreign fuel sources, we must fully exploit our own coal reserves, our nuclear fission capabilities as well as push for the development of commercial fusion reactors.

Once controlled nuclear fusion is a reality, then we can truly move to a "hydrogen based" economy.

[AdamSelene235]

The "greenies" have the nuclear fission reactor industry in a stranglehold, and they have already won the hearts (not the minds) of the general public.

It doesn't need to be popular just legal. How anyone can accept coal but object to fission is beyond me.

Once controlled nuclear fusion is a reality, then we can truly move to a "hydrogen based" economy.

Fission will do just fine. Creating a transportable fuel is the trick.

[NilesJo]

"Once controlled nuclear fusion is a reality, then we can truly move to a "hydrogen based" economy."

And just when will that be? I work for a company that's developing fusion energy and for the last twenty years its always been twenty years away. I don't expect that to change for quite a long time.

[NilesJo]

"we must fully exploit our own coal reserves..."

Energy from a coal plant that totally pays for the cost of it's fuel, emissions control and waste cleanup will cost more than nuclear. It will also put out much more CO2 than gas or oil (higher carbon concentration) and will emit more radioactivity into the atmosphere than a nuclear plant.