Comment Re:Less radiation, more calcium. (Score 1) 324
[The question is, "should we invest about the value of one nuclear power plant (10-20 Billion / about 1GW) or should we invest the equivalent in renewable energy sources e.g. doubling the research budget for three years (currently e.g DOE funded to about 2 Billion yearly) then easily paying to build the same capacity as the nuclear plant in terms of offshore wind plants (about 1Billion / 300MW - you would need three of these) tidal (again about 1Billion for about 300MW capacity - three of these too) and hydro plants (1Billion will get you 2GW of pump storage capacity ; put another billion into small scale hydro and you will get back loads, though I can't find clear enough calculations)]
The answer is ... uh ... what was the question again?
The answer is