Quote Originally Posted by Sparky View Post
Bad idea, unless you KNOW that over the next 20 years that fusion will be reality and can replace the fission plants. Since we don't know this, what would you propose to replace all the current nuke plants with? And if you say solar or wind, well....
I think we will see another fission disaster in the next 20 years if we do not start shutting down. Unless those old plants are all going to be updated in that time. Doubtful. Chernobyl was 25 years ago. Fukishima was not built much better obviously. Problem with Fission is that you can not just turn them off. Sad part is that Fusion power will not likely be wide spread in my lifetime. Scientists seem to think 2040-2050 will be the earliest commercial fusion plants. Plenty of time for a couple more fukishimas or chernobyls first.