An interesting thread. Maybe I can offer a perspective on this. I've
spent many years in the Foreign Service, having lived in many places
overseas, including Africa and Europe. I've seen America from the
inside-out and outside-in. My observation is that the problem isn't that
Americans aren't
So true! But for this to work well enough to make a difference,
significant changes would have to be made to the system of distribution of
goods and services in the United States. Efficient rail transport in the
United States, similar to what you might find in Europe, only works if the
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/02/politics/02nuke.html?oref=login
The New York Times Washington Interest in Building Reactors, but
Industry Is Still Cautious - May 2, 2005
http://www.tompaine.com/20050505/articles/imagine_enron_with_nukes.php
Imagine Enron With Nukes
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...much of the inefficiency within the American energy grid is from
transmission losses. Instead of nuclear, we need to invest in clean
micro-generation of renewable energy distributed throughout well-designed
communities that encourage light rail over cars.
Bravo!!
Keith Addison [EMAIL
