are you pro-nuclear or are you just presenting this as an idea to be discussed? (as you mentioned you sometimes do throw things out for debate.)

seems like building new nuclear power plants is as much of a waste as our dependence on oil. i don't understand how our lack of these power plants hurts us defensively. can we not blow the hell of just about anybody? or are you more concerned about the alliances being formed?

and if there are other viable energy resources, should we not examine those more fully to see if they save us money and benefit the environment before we start building plants to counteract a threat that may not exist?