What Obama's infrastructure plans should be!

Obama says he wants to save or create 2-3 million jobs as part of his economic stimulus plan. He could act like a typical politician (aka Dumbass) and solve the problem by executive order: No employer can fire any employee for any reason! Sounds reasonable enough right?

But lets think about this as IF we had a Capitalist market system in a Democratic country (I realize this is some fantasy world I am thinking of).

Obama should rebuild our national eletrical grid as his infrastructure project. This plan would help him achieve his stated goal of increasing the use of renewable energy like solar and wind as well. The overall energy plan would need to include Nuclear power as well to meet our current and future needs. If the French can produce 80% of their power from nuclear reactors, maybe it is time we get over our irrational fears in this area. Yes, you can build them in my backyard, but we will store the waste in yours. haha! No, my real solution would be to shoot the spent fuel rods into space toward the nearest black hole (nothing escapes those things, not even light). If something bad happens, you won't be around to worry about it anyway!

Just building another highway/bridge adds more cars to the roads and create more pollution. They also will not help us compete with other nations over the long-run like they did in the 50's and 60's. We need an infrastructure play that not only creates jobs today but create a competitive advantage that can be used over the long run.

We talk about electric cars, but how in the hell would we ever be able to provide enough electricity for all those cars? Even if we had electric cars that would meet market demands, we don't have the generating capacity to change our source of transportation energy that quickly. There is no way solar and/or wind energy is going to meet this huge demand! It is criminal to say they would. Solar plants would work great in the south western U.S., a place where there is not enough water for nuclear power plant cooling towers. We can build as many wind farms as possible, but realistically they already have a backlog of production orders and cannot produce a lot more. Nuclear power has got to be a part of the energy solution. Unless of course you want the coal plant instead in your backyard

Obama should be looking at the secondary and tertiary effects of his plans. Don't just solve one problem today, but find a solution that solves multiple problems today and tomorrow. That is why focusing on the electrical grid and having a holistic energy plan is the best option. This would create a lot of jobs, increase national scecurity, provide relief during natural disasters and enable more effiecient use of our energy. In the long run, it would also make us more competitive with other nations econmomically because our energy would be cheaper and more reliable.

Another area would be to increase the capacity of the nation for tele-conferencing and tele-commuting. Create funding/tax breaks to incent businesses and schools to invest in this capital. This would allow workers to work from home - less traffic and pollution. In addition, instead of building new schools which require a lot of money for buildings and professors, we could have students go to college via video conference. This would prepare students to work with colleagues with whom they are not co-located as well. We could have a nation where every child gets a college degree, not just a HS diploma. This would help address the redistribution of wealth in the long run.