Here's the reality: There's no way any new nukes will be built in the US, aside from expansion of existing ones. NIMBYism makes it politically impossible. Even Jim Cramer nixes the idea of investing in nuke building for this reason. My God, look how much political trouble it is just to build windmills !! As for hybrids, here's the problem: you can't sell them or full electric cars amidst broke US consumers who are already defaulting on their homes and average over $5000 credit card debt. Hybrid sales have plunged and - before you can say $4 a gallon gasoline will save the day, let me add that our economy is far too weak to endure expensive oil prices. Obama is right about CAFE standards and forcing US consumers to accept smaller cars. The answer is that we need liquid fuels to run the cars we already own. All of this can change if somebody can come up with a vastly better battery - that's inexpensive enough to kick consumers into electric vehicles they can afford. Long term, they can be a great bargain as to cost per mile but the upfront cost can be tricky in a broken economy.
