Reply #78: The point being this: the sun (a nuclear reactor) delivers a massive

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amount of energy. The issue is the will and know-how in capturing it.

Have you ever stopped and considered the magnitude of how much energy it takes just create a bright day or to warm your air from morning until night? Think of how many light bulbs it would take (using coal and nuclear power) just to simulate anything even a shred similar to sunshine?

The big problem I have with the people who promote nuclear power is that they act like solar energy is some trivial thing using misleading information.

I'm not calling for a shutdown to nuclear research and plants. They may always have a role. However, who wants to be downwind of a plant if it ever leaks radiation? Have you ever seen how widespread nuclear fallout was from Chernobyl? How can anyone honestly assure we will never have another disaster like Chernobyl?

I had hoped this part of DU would be for intelligent discussion but I became disheartened when folks are claiming other people are stupid and have no right to talk just because they don't know what an exajoule is.

But the main thing is this, mother nature gives us everything we need, if we only have the wisdom to use it.