The Solution To Global Warming

Let's say, hypothetically, that "man made global warming" is true, the ice caps are going to melt, it will be to hot to grow food, and various enclaves of liberals e.g. San Fran, New York, Boston, are going to be under 15 feet of water. All of this is caused by fossil fuel emissions, and the only way to save the planet is to head back to the stone age by cutting pretty much all manufacturing and turning off modern conveniences.

Last time I checked, this is the premise GW is based on, so why hasn't there been a massive push for nuclear power by our environmentally friendly pundits. It produces massive amounts of energy, doesn't emit one cubic foot of CO2, and easily covers the power requirements of industrialized nations. Just ask the French, who generate 78% of their energy via nuclear power, while the United States produces a paltry 19% through nuclear fusion.

While you ponder that comparison, let's address the hysteria that has been blocking the development of more nuclear power plants in the United States, and around the world, for the last 30 years. Nuclear waste. The environmentalists claim this will destroy the world and make the planet uninhabitable, in spite of numerous studies showing nuclear to be the cleanest, most efficient, most prolific source of energy, and we just can't risk freeing ourselves from dependence on oil and coal power. The United States has produced 50,000 metric tons of waste since 1954, for those of you that are bad at math that is a 55 year span, and with advances in recycling technology which now allow engineers to recycle 95% of the radioactive waste, that number will grow at a very slow rate in the future. With 33% of the earths surface being desert, with nothing around for hundreds of miles, we don't need to worry about running out of room for the waste for a very long time.

55,000 metric tons over 55 years. Compared with the 5,752,289 metric tons of co2 produced from burning fossil fuels, in the United States alone, and the 28 gigatonnes produced world wide EACH YEAR. It seems to me that the easiest way to solve the global warming crisis would be to turn off all the fossil fuel burning power plants, replace them with nuclear power plants, and presto, we have eliminated 28 GIGATONNES of co2.

Also, considering the fact that all of that waste is only 80 miles away from Las Vegas under Yucca Mountain, and nobody is reporting any mutations, at least none caused by radiation, I think it's safe to assume that all 55 years of nuclear waste isn't causing the widespread damage touted by the anti-nuclear energy crowd. You would also think, with this amazingly cheap energy source suddenly available, electric cars would not only be economically viable, but preferred OVER the combustion engine, which would further lower co2 emissions.

I would now like to be nominated for a Nobel prize in science, economics, and physics, having solved the worlds energy concerns, global warming, created a market for electric cars and trains, and also for the Peace prize, having solved national security issues for most of the world that is dependent of foreign oil, by removing the sole source of power for the tyrants in the Middle East, and eliminated most of the money supply for terrorists around the world.

One final point, the cost to build a nuclear power plant is between $6-10 billion. Considering all the money we have spend on TARP, stimulus, and other ludicrous programs, we could have built at LEAST 200 of these, there by solving our problems, and think about all the jobs that would create. Bet they didn't think about that one at the jobs summit. I should run for President.