Originally Posted by raymor

My one sentence comment on the nuclear outlook was overstated. For the first time in thirty years, some new plants have been approved. Currently nuclear provides less than 10% of our electricity needs. If those needs doubled by replacing gas with electric from some source, 95% of the electricity would have to come from fossil fuels. So nuclear isn't going to be a significant source of electricity for cars unless there's a major change in the politics of nuclear power.