From: peterwieck33@gmail.com   
      
   The problem remains that unsubsidized solar is a poor investment as compared   
   to wind. And about on-par with nuclear. Nuclear, well-executed of course, is   
   also very clean and has a much smaller footprint per megawatt than solar.    
      
   2.5 acres-per-MW for solar.    
   0.84 acres per MW for nuclear.    
   Wind turbines take up negligible land, but must be placed so far apart that   
   the allowance is very roughly 16 acres-per-turbine. All of which may be   
   farmed, or forested, or used for recreation. Or, even lived in.    
      
   As to disposing of nuclear waste, that is purely, only and entirely a matter   
   of political will. There are over 1500 underground nuclear test sites in   
   Nevada that will be dangerous for well over 500 years, and 'hot' for much   
   longer than that. Each one of    
   which has a diameter somewhere at/greater than 75 meters. Consider how much   
   volume even one such cavity will hold.    
      
   Peter Wieck   
   Melrose Park, PA   
      
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