pros and cons of Nuclear, solar, bio fuel, coal, oil, natural gas and others anybody?





ill jump on nuclear a lil bit first
First off at least in the states nuclear energy has a negative stigma to it. Many think that it is dangerous to the public or leads to weapon proliferation. Both these statements are simply not true. To this day there has been only one nuclear power plant related incedence, and it was due largely to incompetence and a lack of communication. Also it should be noted that although a bi product of most uranium reactors is in fact a weapons grade uranium. However just getting weapons grade Uranium doesn't mean you can build a bomb. There are a lot of tedious calculations that go into calculating critical mass as well as the design complications. Also since all Power plants are regulated by an international oversight, it would take many many years to siphon out enough weapons grade uranium (or plutonium) to amount to enough to make a weapon.
that now being mildly addressed (i will elaborate further if anybody wants me too) the advantages of nuclear power are simply put. *No green house gasses or other types of enviromental pollution
*Hi energy out put for several years
*very large source of readily available fuel
*minimal space requirement



some of the disadvantages are:
*requires extensive governmental and international regulation.

*produces Highly radioactive bi product usually with a long half life
(the British have had some success with recycling their fuel though so this may some day not be a problem)

Discussion?