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Re:Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson drives off in the first Mo... by efsavage on Thursday June 07, 2012 @07:07AM (#4078375)
I just switched one of my electric bills (Maine) to 100% wind power, and at the same rate (actually less for 1 year with promo discount, then the same).

Millions of toxic batteries are a problem, but I wouldn't be surprised if some future scientist/entrepeneur figures out something smart to do with them. It's not exactly nuclear waste.

Ethanol is indeed a scam at the moment, but when it can be harvested and processed by electric combines and new plants, it will be an effective way to store other clean energy.

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Re:Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson drives off in the first Mo... by TeMPOraL on Thursday June 07, 2012 @11:53AM (#4079590)
> It's not exactly nuclear waste.

I have strong faith that eventually we'll figure how to use even nuclear waste productively.

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Re:Tesla investor Steve Jurvetson drives off in the first Mo... by adventureful on Thursday June 07, 2012 @03:30PM (#4080898)
They've already solved that one, at least partially. And it certainly seems likely to continue to progress in the right direction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor

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