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I would say nuclear power. We already know that fossil fuels are not just limited in abundance but their use is responsible for making the Earth not so habitable for us humans. Nuclear power has a long way to go before many would embrace it as clean and safe, but I think between the two choices here this is the one with the brightest future. (Wait. Was that punny?) There are advances being made in nuclear fusion that look promising and far safer, environmentally speaking, and new generation nuclear power plant reactors (which use fission) are much more efficient at producing energy and far safer than previous ones.
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Preferably coal, but only in the most modern power plants with the cleanest “scrubbers” and most modern environmentally friendly anti pollution equipment installed. I fully understand the argument for nuclear here, but first there must be an answer to storing or disposing of nuclear waste before I can accept that as a reasonable option. Currently the waste problem is being deferred to later generations or gullible (or unwilling) communities to “hold on to it” until there is a real answer found.
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Even the environmentalists are starting to show a preference for nuclear energy. I think the key issue is disposal of nuclear waste. The key technological advance, in my opinion, would be a large magnetic rail gun which could shoot small bundles of nuclear waste up through the gravity well and into the sun (which is just a giant uncontained nuclear furnace anyway).
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Nuclear power, it is safe and would be safer if we could build newer reactors. As for disposal in the U.S. we have the Yucca Mountain facility in Nevada that would store the spent material 1000 FT below ground and 1000 FT above the water table. The water contamination is one of the concerns but the site is in a desert. Projected grand opening is currently at 2017- Large % of Nevadans feel this unfair to dump the byproduct next to them. It is extremely safe and extensive research into the scientific and engineering aspects has shown the site is extremely capable.
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Nuclear
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Please may I higlight the fact the storage of nuclear power is not a problem. We have already developed reactors which can use the energy it makes to create more energy. This is called a fast breeding reactor. I dont know the Physics of if, but it is Nuclear Fusion and not Nuclear fission. Any waste that is produced can then be used again. Also, the waste have a very short half-life (days, not years). Nuclear is the way forward, and has developed into a safe option as well. After the Chonoble(dont know how to spell it) disaster people were scared off Nuclear power, and most research stopped. But if enough investment is inputted, and if we carry this forward, then there can only be better things to come. There is far more research on the subject than has yet been discovered.
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none use coca cola instead
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Nuclear. See link: http://tinyurl.com/p88wrp
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