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Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by api on Monday August 05, 2013 @04:20PM (#6162658)
This is simply unrelated. Fossil fuels are worth a lot of money and are frequently located in areas controlled by unstable regimes, hence wars. There are also wars over water, diamonds, gold, arable land, and any other high-value commodity located where the local political environment is unstable.

Using a lot of nuclear power would not alter this picture in the slightest. It might alter the landscape in terms of supply and demand, perhaps shifting fossil fuel demand from heavy nuclear users toward developing or lower-tech countries, but the basic equation of high value resources plus political instability remains intact.

California is highly oil-dependent and Texas has a lot of oil. So far California has not invaded Texas. That's because both are politically stable.

Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an... by Daniel_Newby on Monday August 05, 2013 @08:41PM (#6164178)
> shifting fossil fuel demand from heavy nuclear users toward developing or lower-tech countries

Right! Let someone else pour blood and treasure into the sands of the Middle East, while we enjoy a nuclear-electric-hydrogen economy. The goal is our prosperity, not the stability of a bunch of oily camel jockeys.