From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Jun 01 2001 - 07:28:04 MDT
Mitch wrote,
> Nuclear
> power is looking good economically, in large part, because small-scale,
power
> generation has been side-tracked by planners, who fear that small-scale
would
> cause users to go independent of utilities.
Yep, that's the way I see it too. Fuel cells and micro-turbines don't have
much chance of going into production if people can buy kilowatts for pennies
from big brother and the nuclear utility company.
Of course small-scale nuclear power could allow users to go independent, but
there are many layers of law (and public paranoia) to prevent that happening.
Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
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