Re:Japan nuclear body says radioactive water at Fukushima an...
by Daniel_Newby on Monday August 05, 2013 @08:41PM
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> 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.
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.