MH>All the power issues could have been prevented by allowing increased supply a
  >investments in more nuclear power.  There is still no better low cost source
  >power than nuclear.

Other than the nuclear waste issues..   Probably the best is Hydro Electric
power but few areas have ideal places to set that up. Zero pollution and we
have Hydro plants in Canada that have been running virtually unattended for so
long that their output has to be converted from 25 cycle to 60 cycle power,
something that was changed over to in the mid 1950's.

It's sort of turning out that solar and wind are also only reliable and
predictable in limited areas so there's no easy answer. Tidal generators that
generate power both as the tide comes in and goes out (and the tides are
fairly reliable) might be another 'clean' option on ocean coasts.

Also, as far as nuclear goes, there are stations that can be built that are so
efficient that they could use the waste from regular nuclear power plants to
generate power, and Their waste is far less dangerous and lasts a fraction as
long, but you won't find many of those simply because they cost more to build.

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