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  • Kmpec One year ago

    Fossil energy creation contributes around 50% of total CO2 emissions in monst countries. If you want to reduce effectively, very fast these emissions, nuclear power is the answer for the next 30-40 years. Then solar, wind and other renewable techniques will be cheap enough to replace these.

    Concerning the waste, instead of taking someone else oil, just drop it somewhere off. That is going to save also hughe amounts of military costs. :)

    Great show and the last guy had really a problem.

    • jvon One year ago

      Solar and wind will never generate enough power to be significant in the big scheme of things. Nuclear is the only way we’re going to get our fossil fuel usage down.

      As for grouchy guy, you probably surprised him coming around the corner there.

      • Michael Greenberg One year ago

        So why are the ice caps on Mars melting? And how does one explain away the Little Ice Age? And ocean sediments that show variations in climate temperature?

        Beware of the climate hooligans!

        • Howard Lindzon One year ago

          Amazing that USEC is the sole nuclear play. The stock could go wild

          Dsclosure - no position

          • Dinosaur Trader One year ago

            Wow, what’s with the dude pushing Lindsay at the end? I hope the cameraman took it too him…

            BTW, “cold fusion” may not be as far off as you think. My friend figured it out one night when we were stoned.

            Also, isn’t CCJ the same type of play? I kind of prefer that graph.

            Oh, and Michael Greenberg, if global warming is not real, why is XOM spending tens of millions to discredit it? Also, I’d be 10-1 that you haven’t even seen An Inconvenient Truth… your questions are addressed and put to rest.

            http://thefraserdomain.typepad.com/energy/2007/01/ucs_reports_tha.html

            -DT

            • Vic One year ago

              Definitely nuclear is part of the solution. One way France made their’s work well was they used a template for all their plants. In the US .. every plant was a brand new enterprise from conception to completion. Great for pork, but unrealistic. “Planetary Warming” seems to be the case. I am confident human intervention of the Mars rover has disrupted Mar’s climate too! It could not have been the Martians. They are a very peaceable species.

              • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                Can we now please have a standard france bites comment here to even things out.

                It is amazing that they got this right.

                • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                  wow on CCJ - you look to be correct on the uranium play and nuclear play

                  http://finance.google.com/finance?q=CCJ

                  It has truly been on fire

                  • Brian Shannon One year ago

                    Very timely…today the NYMEX begins trading of a Uranium Contract, companies represented in the index include; CCJ, URRE, CYZ, URZ and USU

                    • Sleepless in Sri Lanka One year ago

                      France Bites!

                      • Erik One year ago

                        Let’s invade Canada next!

                        • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                          Brian - exc ellent - thx

                          Thanks on France

                          The canada thing is out of line :) .

                          • Stan Yan One year ago

                            I’m heartened by the fact that so many of the interviewees seemed to be so well informed.

                            Love the double take on the guy at the end - LOL!

                            • James Aach One year ago

                              As someone who works in the electric energy sector, one of my major concerns is that pundits, the press, the politicians and the public seem to be far removed from how much electricity we produce and use, and what goes into producing it. When making decisions about our energy future - or investments for that matter - I think we need to start by first understanding our energy present. Personally, I’m not that thrilled about any of our options - all have problems. Nature’s checkbook is hard to balance.

                              To help with the debate, I’ve written an introduction to my own field of expertise - nuclear power. And to avoid reader boredom it’s a thriller novel. “Rad Decision” is available online at no cost to readers at http://raddecision.blogspot.com . Reader reviews at the homepage have been very positive. The book is also available in paperback at online retailers.

                              “I’d like to see Rad Decision widely read.” - Stewart Brand, founder of The Whole Earth Catalog and noted futurist, recently profiled in the NY Times.

                              • BSD One year ago

                                Stan,

                                Were you being sarcastic? I thought only one of the people Lindsay talked to had any idea of what he was talking about (although he was also trying really hard to impress the lovely interviewer - hint: if a nerdy kid keeps breaking eye contact with you he’s flirting). I do love the Blood for Oil kid, he has potential.

                                As for France - their Nuclear system is nice, but Sarkrazy is a pompous frog-eating douche who can’t tell a hedgie from a porcupine (my thoughts at http://arbitrageurs.blogspot.com/2007/05/sarkozy-not-making-things-cozy-for.html)

                                • Ryan One year ago

                                  That guy at the end must have been French. The nuclear arena is one of my favorites, I have my eye on large companies like Areva (CEI on Bloomberg) and small niche players like GSE systems (GVP).

                                  • Marc One year ago

                                    Well, the choice is between coal; cheap, and slowly pollutes the environment, Nuclear; expensive, and clean minus the waste and threat of meltdown. So we have the threat of immediate death by nuclear or the slow death by coal ……

                                    Either way both are crap, but the threat of wiping out an entire state in an instant is kind of disturbing.

                                    Great episode, keep up the good work.

                                    • Andy Swan One year ago

                                      The sky is falling! The sky is falling! Government, in all your wisdom and efficiency…… please save us from ourselves!!!

                                      Mr. Gore, you are the leader of this religion, and our only chance for salvation. Please…tell me where to send my money for the carbon credits before a Hurricane destroys Louisville!

                                      • maximo zeledon One year ago

                                        The young skater dude had it right…I’m glad the American education system is still working. If we take Iraq once and for all and then move on to Iran I say we got about 70 more years of oil coming our way without interruption. By that time Al Gore’s clone should have a solar system in place to keep us going for the next 100 years. By the way, that’s seems to be Exxon’s current strategy as well.

                                        On a serious note: Orzone of Canada (OZN) just discovered a huge uranium deposit and the stock is cheap right now at $1.96.

                                        Disclosure: I own 2,500 shares.

                                        • Howard Lindzon One year ago

                                          For a $2 stock that looks rather interesting maximo -

                                          will take a further look tomorrow - thx

                                          • Stan Yan One year ago

                                            Granted, people didn’t have all their facts straight, but, after watching Jay Walking episodes, I guess I didn’t expect the knowledge level (or opinion level) to be even as high as it was, BSD

                                            • maximo zeledon One year ago

                                              Yeah, OZN is a good play. Good management, no debt, and 30 million in cash. I got in at $1.27 and I’ll wait until they start gold production.

                                              • jvon One year ago

                                                I’m unconvinced on the human-induced global warming idea; what IS indisputably real however is the belief that it exists. That will drive investment in nuclear and sillier things like wind and solar.

                                                Also watch for much research to be done on liquifying coal, quietly and behind the scenes. No better for CO2, but a considerable improvement politically.

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