Quote Originally Posted by SinSeeker View Post
While a nuclear powered submarine has a number of advantages and the way to go, I dont think Nuclear power for electricity is cost efficient. I was reading somewhere that Solar energy is the most cost efficient to produce followed by Wind energy. Maybe it made sense 15 years ago, but Australia should go down the path of clean energy. We had such a massive head start with Solar energy over the rest of the world, but muddled thinking and petty politics pandering to the Coal vote bank has seen us fall behind almost every major country. Australia is way behind other developed countries in adapting electric cars. The recent development of Electricity companies being approved to CHARGE homeowners for supplying electricity is another classic example. Surely the solution is to invest in a more modern grid that caters to a more energy efficient world rather than enabling electricity companies to make more profit!! I think that is why China has certain advantages in planning and implementing these things as they dont have to worry about the next election 3 years down the road.
Yes, very good points you made there bro. Solar power is indeed very cheap to setup, cost effective and clean. It only has one drawback which is the capacity problem because it relies on the Sun. Nuclear on the other hand gives that always on, always reliable source of energy once it is up and running.
That's why smart governments implement both sources of energy. You really want to get at that cheap clean goodness of solar energy, and cover for the lack of capacity with some nuclear power. China, Russia, India are all going with this mixed approach.
Meanwhile, the countries that have US-style democracy... lobbyists and vested interests galore... Are politicizing the issue. One party says nuclear power, the other side goes for solar and wind.

Why take sides when you can have both?