Replies to post #73587 on Intel Corp (INTC)

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Re: You can find lots of references on the web.

Great, I'm happy to read them if you have a link.

Re: Did you know that coal fired plants dump 10s of thousands of tons of uranium and thorium into the atmosphere each year and no eco-greenie seems to care about that.

First of all, I find that very hard to believe. Second of all, "eco-greenies" tend to hate coal to begin with.

Re: If we did rely on nuclear power then perhaps Intel getting into batteries might make sense because we'd have an abundant source of clean, cheap, limitless renewable electricity.

The marketing on nuclear makes it sound great. I worry about the longer term effects of making nuclear a major source of energy. The U.S. consumes 25% of the world's power, while France is very small by comparison. If France has minor problems that aren't making headlines, they may be small enough to avoid major impacts. But on a U.S. scale, I worry about the repercussions, and I don't believe the waste issue is really solved.